
Dirofilaria repens infection, a zoonotic illness, is rarely seen in humans; it is more frequently met over the endemic areas of the Southern Europe and Sri Lanka. The authors report a case of dirofilaria conjunctivae in a 27 year old woman from Craiova; such infections are hardly to be found in our country. Our patient presented a mobile, bulbar, subconjunctival tumoral formation which was surgically removed; immature Dirofilaria repens was revealed into it. Case particularity was that the patient had not visited any of the endemic areas. Environmental changes with global warming can lead to some new unspecific diseases in our country.
Adult, Conjunctival Diseases, Treatment Outcome, Animals, Humans, Female, Dirofilariasis, Eye Infections, Parasitic, Conjunctiva, Dirofilaria
Adult, Conjunctival Diseases, Treatment Outcome, Animals, Humans, Female, Dirofilariasis, Eye Infections, Parasitic, Conjunctiva, Dirofilaria
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