Sharma Kanika
Dept. of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul-Sep;32(3):250-252. doi: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2017.11.005. Epub 2017 Nov 24.
Ophthalmomyiasis is an infestation of mammalian eyes with larvae or maggots of certain flies. is the most common cause of human myiasis. This article reports a case of ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by (sheep nasal botfly) in a young healthy male, living in Al Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Patient presented with acute symptoms in left eye in April, mimicking as unilateral conjunctivitis/keratitis/external ocular foreign body/uveitis. Prompt diagnosis and mechanical removal of five live larvae from conjunctival fornices of the left eye under topical anaesthesia and cyclopentolate 1% eyedrops, not only relieved patient's severe symptoms in a single day but also prevented rare yet sight threatening complications.
眼蝇蛆病是某些蝇类的幼虫或蛆虫寄生于哺乳动物眼部。它是人类蝇蛆病最常见的病因。本文报告了一例居住在沙特阿拉伯王国哈吉尔的年轻健康男性因羊鼻狂蝇导致的眼外蝇蛆病病例。患者于4月出现左眼急性症状，类似单侧结膜炎/角膜炎/眼外异物/葡萄膜炎。在局部麻醉和使用1%环喷托酯滴眼液的情况下，迅速诊断并从左眼结膜穹窿部机械取出5条活幼虫，不仅在一天内缓解了患者的严重症状，还预防了罕见但威胁视力的并发症。
