A Case of Thelazia Callipaeda Recurred At a One-month Interval.

Lee, Sung Min; Shin, Kyu Min; Kim, Dong Hee; Kang, Byung Nam

doi:2010.51.6.895

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 51(6); 2010 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010;51(6):895-898.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2010.51.6.895 Published online June 15, 2010.

A Case of Thelazia Callipaeda Recurred At a One-month Interval.

Sung Min Lee, Kyu Min Shin, Dong Hee Kim, Byung Nam Kang

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Chungju, Korea. Bnkang@kd.ac.kr

1달 간격으로 재발생한 동양안충의 인체감염 1예

이성민¹ㆍ신규민¹ㆍ김동희²ㆍ강병남²

Department of Ophthalmology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine¹, Seoul, Korea, Department of Ophthalmology, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital², Chungju, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a relapsed case of an intra-conjunctival Thelazia callipaeda infestation within one month. CASE SUMMARY: A 59-year-old female patient presented with symptoms of itching and a sense of foreign substance in her left eye, which she had been experiencing for several days. Conjunctival hyperemia and follicle multiplication along with ten actively moving worms were identified and were extracted with forceps. The symptoms disappeared until 25 days later, when they recurred and five additional worms were extracted. All of the extracted worms were confirmed to be Thelazia Callipaeda and the patient's symptoms disappeared after the final extraction. CONCLUSIONS: More than one month of follow-up observation is required for human infection by Thelazia Callipaeda due to the post-extraction growth of the larva.

Key Words: Conjunctival sac;Thelazia Callipaeda;Worm