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Chemotherapy can suppress inflammatory signs of periocular filariasis
Dirofilaria repens is an endemic parasite in Mediterranean countries that mostly affects animals. Dirofilaria is a genus of the family Onchocercidae of the super family Filarioidea, order Spirurida in the subphylum Nematoda. Rarely, it can infect humans, causing inflammatory subcutaneous swelling. Human ocular dirofilariasis is sporadically reported in different parts of the world. The species affecting humans are D. immitis, D. repens, D. striata, D. tenuis, D. ursi and D. spectans. The most common presentation is an inflammatory swelling of the ocular adnexa. We report a non-inflammatory presentation of dirofilariasis (Read more...)