EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOMYIASIS – ACUTE PRESENTATION

Authors

  • DR.K.MOHAN RAJ Professor, H.O.D.,Department of ophthalmology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India.
  • DR.ANJANA CHRISTY Postgraduate, Dept of Ophthalmology Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet,Chennai
  • DR.RAMYAA.M Postgraduate, Dept of Ophthalmology Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet,Chennai
  • DR.FATHIMA JEHAN Postgraduate, Dept of Ophthalmology Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet,Chennai

Keywords:

ectoparasite, ophthalmomyiasis, drosophilidae melanogaster

Abstract

Ophthalmomyiasis is an infestation of the eye with the larva or maggots of certain flies . Most documented cases result from Oestrus ovis (sheep bot fly ) belonging to Oestridae  .In this case report we describe an acute presentation of external ophthalmomyiasis which is an infestation of conjunctiva .The identification of fly is important as some fly species are capable of penetrating deeper tissues of eyes.

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30.09.2015

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DR.K.MOHAN RAJ, DR.ANJANA CHRISTY, DR.RAMYAA.M, & DR.FATHIMA JEHAN. (2015). EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOMYIASIS – ACUTE PRESENTATION. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(3), 1305–1308. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4580

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Volume 6, Issue 3, 2015

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Case Reports

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