Thelazia callipaeda, parasitic in the eye of 24 years old Korean male, was extracted from the left eye of the patient in Seoul, Korea. We confirmed that as T. callipeada morphologically, based on the descriptions of Hsu and other literature. We presents the 7th human thelaziasis case in Korea with the historical review of the literature.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; Thelazia callipaeda ; thelaziasis ; case report

The 15th case of human thelaziasis is reported from Korea. The patient was a 15-year-old girl from Seoul. Both of the worms which were removed from her eye were female and were identified by the number of transverse cuticular striations (281, 172 and 162/mm in the oesophageal, middle and posterior portions, respectively), as Thelazia callipaeda. The patient owned a pet dog ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT: The 15-year-old patient had herself removed a worm from one eye. Two worms were identified morphologically as Thelazia callipaeda. The source of infection was uncertain, but the patient was known to have close contact with a dog. The authors refer to 14 previously reported cases of thelaziasis in Korea.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; Thelazia callipaeda ; thelaziasis ; case report

A case of thelaziasis in 36 year-old Korean woman who suffered from foreign body sensation of both eyes and itching of conjuctiva, was reported in August 1984. Four thread-like white worms was removed from cojunctival fornix of both eyes. This is the 12th case of thelaziasis in Korea(summarized from text).
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; case report ; Thelazia callipaeda ; thelaziasis

This paper deals with the 11th case of human thelaziasis in Korea. The patient was a 25-year-old woman with complaints of foreign body and itching sensation of rihgt eye, who had lived in Seoul. The slender milky-white nematodes extracted from lower conjunctival sac, one male and one female in respect, were confirmed as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet and Henry, 1910.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; Thelazia callipaeda-thelaziasis ; case report ; eye

Female and male nematodes isolated from an eye of a 36 year old Korean man in August 1987 were identified as Thelazia callipaeda. This is the 17th record of human thelaziasis in Korea. The internal structure of both female and male were described.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; thelaziasis ; Thelazia callipaeda ; eye ; case report

On October 26, 1987, the authors encountered a case of human thelaziasis involving both eyes. The case in Chollapuk-do, Korea, a farmer aged 23, complained of mild lacrimation for 3 weeks followed by 1 week duration of foreign body sensation in both eyes prior to examination of eyes. The conjunctivae of both eyes appeared slightly reddened. No other abnormalities were noticed. Total 6 worms, one male and two females from each eye, were removed, parasitologically studied, and identified as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet and Henry, 1910.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; thelaziasis ; Thelazia callipaeda ; eye ; case report

The authors recovered a white thread-like living nematode in left conjunctival sac of a 33 years old male on May 29, 1981. The chief complaints were foreign body sensation and itching sensation of eye. The worm was a female measuring 12.1 mm in length and 0.171 mm in maximum width. It was identified as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet et Henry, 1910. And we recorded the patient as the 10th reported thelaziasis case in Korea.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; Thelazia callipaeda ; thelaziasis ; eye ; conjunctival sac ; case report