Publication: Case report: Intraocular gnathostomiasis in Vietnam
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2002-12-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.33, No.3 (2002), 485-489
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Le Thi Xuan, Wichit Rojekittikhun, Benjanee Punpoowong, Le Nhu Trang, Tran Vinh Hien Case report: Intraocular gnathostomiasis in Vietnam. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.33, No.3 (2002), 485-489. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20296
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Case report: Intraocular gnathostomiasis in Vietnam
Abstract
This is the report of the first case of intraocular gnathostomiasis diagnosed in Vietnam. The disease progressed in two months in two distinct phases: in the first phase, the patient had swellings, which appeared at different times and in different locations, on his face - this phase lasted around one month; the second phase was the embedding of the parasite in the vitreous cavity of the right eye and uveitis. Surgical extraction of a living Gnathostoma larva was carried out. Based on morphological, histological criteria, the larva may have been an atypical third-stage of Gnathostoma spinigerum.