Unusual presentation of Enterobius vermicularis in conjunctival sac. (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mallick, Sanjay Kumar; Sengupta, Ranadeep; Banerjee, Arup Kumar
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 45:Number 4(2015:Oct.)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 249
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: Enterobius vermicularis -- extraintestinal infection -- autoinfection; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/0049475514562494
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

We report an unusual case of extraintestinal infection with adult Enterobius vermicularis worms in the conjunctival sac of a two-and-a-half year old boy from Alipurduar, West Bengal, India. Only two other similar cases have been reported in the English literature, one from Assam, India in 1976, and the other from Illinois and California in 2011.