Open AccessINTRAVITREAL ANGIOSTRONGYLlASlS
Author(s) -
SINGALAVANIJA APICHART,
WANGSPA SAIRUNG,
TESCHAREON SONGWUTI
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1986.tb00476.x
Subject(s) - pars plana , forceps , ophthalmology , medicine , anatomy , vitrectomy , surgery , visual acuity
A case of intravitreal angiostrongyliasis is reported /n a Thai female who had eaten raw snails After immobilising the worm by use of an intravitreal cryoprobe it was successfully removed via the pars plana with vitreous foreign body forceps.