حالة نادرة لدودة متحركة متوضّعة في الفضاء تحت ملتحمة العين في سورية : دراسة حالة

Abstract EN

It is a rare case of ocular dirofilariasis in a57 -year-old man with itching pain, watering, redness, and a lump in the left eye.

Slit-lamp examination revealed a moving worm in the subconjunctival space of the eye.

A surgically removed worm was identified as Dirofilaria Repens (Zoonotic Filariasis).

There are few rare cases of human subconjunctival dirofilarial infection that have been reported in the medical literature.

and to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of D.

Repens infecting human eye in Syria.