Chief Resident in Ophthalmology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, West Indies.
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Senior Lecturer, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, West Indies.
Trop Doct. 2021 Jul;51(3):441-443. doi: 10.1177/0049475520986392. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
This is a short report describing the clinical presentation, investigations, treatment and outcome of a patient living in the Jamaican countryside who was diagnosed with a live, motile subfoveal helminth identified as cantonensis on optical coherence tomography at the University Hospital of the West Indies Eye Clinic. This is the second documented case in Jamaica. Early recognition of angiostrongyliasis is important as it may manifest as eosinophilic meningitis which can be fatal without prompt treatment.
这是一份简短报告，描述了一位生活在牙买加乡村的患者的临床表现、检查、治疗和转归。该患者在西印度群岛大学附属医院眼科诊所的光学相干断层扫描检查中被诊断为活的、运动性的黄斑下寄生虫，即广州管圆线虫。这是牙买加的第二例确诊病例。早期识别血管圆线虫病很重要，因为如果不及时治疗，它可能表现为嗜酸性脑膜炎，这可能是致命的。
