Title
Ocular infestation by plerocercoid of Spirometra mansonoides: First case report in Peru
Other title
Infestación ocular por plerocercoide de Spirometra mansonoides: Primer reporte en el Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Beltrán Fabián, Maria
Somocursio Peralta, Jose
Coras Álvarez, Natalia
Cahua Serrano, Rubén
Estrada Beltrán, Sara
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Plerocercoidosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by plerocercoid larvae of the genus Spirometra. The larvae migrate through the intestinal wall tissue, by subcutaneous route and can reach different areas of the body like the head, the brain and the eye socket. A case is reported of a 45 year-old man from the Peruvian Amazon with burning sensation associated with conjunctival edema and hemorrhage in the outer eye border of the right eye for eleven months. A localized worm in the right orbital cavity was observed, which was extracted. Morphological and histopathological studies identified it as Spirometra mansonoides localized in the eye, which is the first case reported in Peru.
Start page
391
End page
394
Volume
32
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oftalmología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938881492
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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