1Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2Birat Eye Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Aug;103(2):719-722. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0218. Epub 2020 May 28.
We report four asymptomatic patients from Nepal with an incidental finding of a dead intraocular helminth parasite on ophthalmological routine examination. Because the patients were asymptomatic and the intraocular helminth parasites dead without noted pathology present, it was decided to abstain from surgical removal and pursue a watch-and-wait strategy. The clinical follow-up of the four patients over two years was uneventful and showed no complications. We conclude that dead intraocular helminth parasites in asymptomatic patients without apparent pathology do not require surgical removal.
我们报告了来自尼泊尔的 4 名无症状患者,他们在眼科常规检查中偶然发现眼内已死亡的寄生虫。由于患者无症状且眼内寄生虫已死亡,未见明显病变,因此决定避免手术切除,采取观察等待策略。对这 4 名患者进行了两年多的临床随访,未发生任何并发症。我们的结论是,无症状患者眼内已死亡的寄生虫且无明显病变时不需要手术切除。