منابع مشابه
گزارش یک مورد افتالمومیازیس خارجی (External Ophthalmomyiasis)
Ophthalmomyiasis is caused by presence of fly larvae Oestrus Ovis which has low incidence rate in the world, but most cases have been reported from developing countries. Recently the prevalence of ophthalmomyiasis has decreased in Iran. In spring 2011, a 40-year old rural woman with a good level of hygiene referred to Ophthalmology department of Rouhani Hospital in Babol. She had no history of...
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External ophthalmomyiasis, usually caused by the sheep nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis L., is characteristically a benign disorder in humans, but may rarely cause severe complications. It occurs on most of the inhabited Hawaiian islands, and is more common than indicated by previously published reports. A typical case is presented along with the fly's life cycle, clinical features, and management.
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Myiasis of different organs has been reported from various regions in the world. Infection of the eye might appear as eyelids problems or conjunctiva (ophthalmomyiasis externa), or the larvae may invade into the eye (ophthalmomyiasis interna). We report 4 human cases of external ophthalmic myasis from Yazd province, in central region of Iran. All of them referred with symptoms of acute conjunct...
متن کاملExternal Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by a Rare Infesting Larva, Sarcophaga argyrostoma
Purpose. External ophthalmomyiasis (EO) is caused by infesting larvae belonging to various species of flies. Most documented cases result from sheep (Oestrus ovis) and Russian (Rhinoestrus purpureus) botfly larvae, but we recently discovered a rare case of EO caused by flesh fly (Sarcophaga argyrostoma) larvae. Here, we report the case of a patient with EO who had been hospitalized and sedated ...
متن کاملExternal ophthalmomyiasis caused by the sheep bot Oestrus ovis L.
A 17-year-old girl presented to the Casualty Department of St Paul's Eye Hospital, Liverpool, with a foreign body sensation in the right eye for 2 days. Two days previously she was on a beach in Palma Nova in Majorca. She thought sand had blown into her eye. She did not remember ever having been struck in the eye or face by any insects. On examination the conjunctiva of the right eye was mildly...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0034-7280
DOI: 10.5935/0034-7280.20180048