Orbital dirofilariasis
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Dirofilariasis is a parasitic disease of domestic and wild animals that occasionally may present as zoonotic infection in humans. The microfilariae are accidentally transmitted to humans by Culex and Aedes mosquitoes. Ophthalmic infections with Dirofilaria are well documented all over the world, including America, Europe and Australia. The infection may be periorbital, subconjunctival or intraocular. In this report a case is described of orbital dirofilariasis that presented as ptosis and lid swelling. Australian ophthalmologists should consider dirofilariasis as part of the differential diagnosis of orbital swelling and inflammation.
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In orbital localization, symptoms such as blepharedema, palpebral ptosis, and moderate ocular discomfort occur.
“In cases with orbital localization, symptoms such as blepharedema, palpebral ptosis, and moderate ocular discomfort occur (404).”
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- Authors
- Stringfellow, G. J., Francis, I. C., Coroneo, M. T., & Walker, J.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- Venue
- Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-10
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 378-380
- ISSN
- 1442-6404 (ISSN-L)
- 1442-9071
- OpenAlex
- W3128050193
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 0.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular Infections and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Keywords
- Dirofilaria, zoonoses, mosquito-borne transmission, Culex, Aedes, ptosis, orbital swelling, intraocular infection, differential diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Animals, Blepharoptosis, Dirofilaria, Dirofilariasis, Eyelid Diseases, Humans, Male, Orbital Diseases, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Eye Infections, Parasitic
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