HUMAN OCULAR SPARGANOSIS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

We report the first case of human ocular sparganosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A young female patient presented with three periocular moveable inflammatory masses in her right eye, during two years. By surgical excisional biopsy, a helminth larval stage was removed and identif...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 51 - 53
Main Authors:	BOHRER MENTZ, Márcia, PROCIANOY, Fernando, KRIEGER MAESTRI, Marcelo, BRITTES ROTT, Marilise
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	São Paulo Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 01-01-2011 Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo Instituto de Medicina Tropical Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Diseases caused by cestodes Eye Infections, Parasitic - diagnosis Eye Infections, Parasitic - parasitology Female General aspects Helminthic diseases Human ocular sparganosis Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Sparganosis Sparganosis - diagnosis Sparganosis - surgery Sparganum Spirometra TROPICAL MEDICINE Young Adult South America Brazil America Infection Human Eye Sparganosis Human ocular sparganosis Tropical medicine Spirometra Parasitosis Helminthiasis Cestode disease Sparganum
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Summary:	We report the first case of human ocular sparganosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A young female patient presented with three periocular moveable inflammatory masses in her right eye, during two years. By surgical excisional biopsy, a helminth larval stage was removed and identified as sparganum. Clinical, laboratory and epidemiological data on this parasite are presented.
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ISSN:	0036-4665 1678-9946 1678-9946 0036-4665
DOI:	10.1590/S0036-46652011000100009