Open AccessA Case of Periocular Dirofilariasis Masquerading as a Lid Tumour
Author(s) -
Goel Mahesh,
Giridhar Anantharaman,
Jyotirmay Biswas,
SJ Saikumar,
Ananthakrishna Bhat
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.15290
Subject(s) - medicine , dirofilariasis , dermatology , pathology
We describe an unusual case of periocular Dirofilariasis masquerading as a slow growing lid tumour in an elderly female patient.