Human ocular sparganosis in southern Brazil

Authors

  • Márcia Bohrer Mentz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde; Departamento de Microbiologia
  • Fernando Procianoy Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia; Serviço de Oftalmologia
  • Marcelo Krieger Maestri Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia; Serviço de Oftalmologia
  • Marilise Brittes Rott Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde; Departamento de Microbiologia

Keywords:

Human ocular sparganosis, Spirometra, Sparganum

Abstract

We report the first case of human ocular sparganosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A young female patient presented with three periocular moveable inflammatory masses in her right eye, during two years. By surgical excisional biopsy, a helminth larval stage was removed and identified as sparganum. Clinical, laboratory and epidemiological data on this parasite are presented.

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Published

2011-02-01

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

Mentz, M. B., Procianoy, F., Maestri, M. K., & Rott, M. B. (2011). Human ocular sparganosis in southern Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 53(1), 51-53. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/31374