Baquera-Heredia Javier, Cruz-Reyes Alejandro, Flores-Gaxiola Adrian, López-Pulido Guillermo, Díaz-Simental Eligio, Valderrama-Valenzuela Leonor
Laboratorio de Patología Quirúrgica, Centro Médico American British Cowdray Institución de Asistencia Privada, México DF, México.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 May;66(5):572-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.572.
A 42-year-old woman from Culiacan in the Sinaloa State of Mexico presented with a four-year history of migratory, pruritic, painful swellings of the face. Palpebral edema with conjunctival erythema developed when lesions developed near the eye. Routine eye examination showed a mobile worm in the anterior chamber. Following surgical removal, the parasite was identified by light and electron microscopy as an advanced third-stage larva of Gnathostoma sp. This prevalence of this helminthiasis may be increasing in areas where eating freshwater raw fish ("cebiche") is customary.
一名来自墨西哥锡那罗亚州库利亚坎的42岁女性，面部出现游走性、瘙痒性、疼痛性肿胀已有四年病史。当病变发展至眼部附近时，出现了伴有结膜红斑的睑水肿。常规眼部检查发现前房内有一条活动的蠕虫。手术取出后，通过光学显微镜和电子显微镜鉴定该寄生虫为颚口线虫属的晚期第三期幼虫。在有食用淡水生鱼（“ceviche”）习俗的地区，这种蠕虫病的发病率可能正在上升。
