A Case Report of Haman Thelaziasis.
- Author:
Pil Wha LEE
1
;
Chung Won KIM
;
Byung Chae CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Korea;
Middle Aged;
Sensation;
Tetracaine;
Thelazioidea
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1987;28(2):495-498
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors present a case of human Thelaziasis in Korea with the review of literatures. The patient was 58-year-old Korean housewife who visited with the complaints of foreign body sensation and lacrimation in her right eye. A day prior to the presentation, she extracted 2 living worms from the same eye by herself. But, after the examination of the eye, 3 living worms were removed under topical anesthesia with 0.5% Pontocaine. The worms were slender and creamy white Thelazia worms. Two of those were 13.3mm in length, 0.5mm in diameter and the other was 18.0mm in length, 0.6mm in diameter.
