Oftalmomiíase externa causada por cochliomyia hominivorax


Autoria(s): Takahagi, Rodrigo Ueno; Gonçalves, Fernando Pistarini; Madeira, Newton Goulart; Schellini, Silvana Artioli
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

27/05/2014

27/05/2014

01/12/2007

Resumo

The purpose of this study was to report a case of external ophthalmomyiasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax in a 10 years-old child, which presented acute preseptal celulitis and had 17 worms removed from the lacrimal canaliculus and conjunctival cul de sac, bilaterally, with resolution. The authors discuss the diagnosis and treatment of this nosological entity.

Formato

58-62

Identificador

http://www.sboportal.org.br/rbo/2007/rbo_jan_fev_2007.pdf

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, v. 66, n. 1, p. 58-62, 2007.

0034-7280

1982-8551

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/70196

2-s2.0-77952434638

2-s2.0-77952434638.pdf

Idioma(s)

por

Relação

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Case reports [publication type] #Cellulitis/therapy #Lacrimal apparatus/pathology #Myiasis, eye infections, parasitic #Screw worm infection/therapy
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article