Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(1):135-139.
Published online January 1, 1979.
A Case Report of Human Thelaziasis in Korea.
Kee Hyun Lee, Young Taek Kim, Moo Shik Sohn
1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.
2Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.
한국에서의 동양안충의 인체기생 1예
이기현 , 김영택 , 손무식 , 이준상 , 임한종 ( Ki Hyun Lee , Young Taek Kim , Moo Sik Sohn , Joon Sang Lee , Han Jong Lim )
Abstract
Thelazia callipaeda was first described by Railliet and Henry in 1910. The first human case was reported by Stuckey in 1917, who extracted four worms in the eye of a coolie in Peiping. In Korea, seven cases of human thelaziasis have been already reported and all of the worms were identified to be thelazia callipaeda. The present paper is to report the 8th human infested case of Thelazia callipaeda in Korea. The patient was 25 years old virgin who had lived in Seoul since birth. She experienced lacrimation and moving foreign body sensation of the left eye, and extracted 1 living worm from the left eye by herself on one day prior to examination. Microscopic measurements of an extracted worm are as follows; A worm(male) is 13.0 mm B worm(male) is 13.1 mm and C worm(female) is 19.0 mm in length. It was confirmed as Thelazia callipaeda Railliet et Henry 1910.


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