A Case of Subconjuntival Sparganosis.

Choi, Dong Kwang; Lee, Joon Sang; Joo, Kyong Hwan

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(1):89-93.
Published online January 1, 1979.

A Case of Subconjuntival Sparganosis.

Dong Kwang Choi, Joon Sang Lee, Kyong Hwan Joo

¹Kong's Eye Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.

결막하 Sparganosis 의 1예

최동광 , 이준상 , 주경환 ( Dong Kwang Choi , Joon Sang Lee , Kyoung Hwan Joo )

Abstract

The subconjuctival sparganosis is rare tissue helminthiasis which develops frequently in. orbital, abdominal, urethral, ureteral and vertebral cases. Authors reported a case of sparganosis which complained conjuntival hyperemia, chemosis, subconjuntival mass in the right eye for 10 months. The patient was a 37 years old male who had a history of having eaten raw snake in the So-Re Gun. Gyeonggi Do for the purpose of tonics 3 years ago. In the winter of 1977, he had experienced edematous changes in the right cheek intermittently. A few months later, he noticed the apperence of the congestion and a mass on the right eye. On surgical exploration, one larvae (5.8 cm in length and 5 m min width) was extracted from the right upper temporal subconjunctiva. It was actively motile in the bottle filled with saline, so this larvae was consulted to parasitology department of Korea University from our clinic under the impression of subconjunctival sparganosis. The sources of infection of some formely reported sparganosis in Korea were discussed. It is most probable that human sparganosis is acquired by consuming of raw snakes and frogs in this country.