Ophthalmomyiasis Externa due to Oestrus ovis Larvae: A Case Report

Jens Schrecker; Rebecca Ahnert

doi:10.1159/000527440

Case Reports in Ophthalmology (Nov 2022)

Ophthalmomyiasis Externa due to Oestrus ovis Larvae: A Case Report

Jens Schrecker,
Rebecca Ahnert

Affiliations

Jens Schrecker: ORCiD; Department of Ophthalmology, Rudolf-Virchow-Klinikum Glauchau, Glauchau, Germany
Rebecca Ahnert: Department of Ophthalmology, Rudolf-Virchow-Klinikum Glauchau, Glauchau, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000527440
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 1010 – 1014

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A 23-year-old female presented with redness, itchiness, tearing, and foreign body sensation in her right eye after spending her holiday in Egypt. Slit lamp examination revealed about 15 mobile, whitish maggots that were microbiologically classified as Oestrus ovis larvae. All parasites could be removed without subsequent complications.

Published in Case Reports in Ophthalmology

ISSN: 1663-2699 (Online)
Publisher: Karger Publishers
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: http://www.karger.com/cop

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