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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 38(3), 1988, pp. 553-557
Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Nodules in the Conjunctiva, Bung-Eye, and Bulge-Eye in Africa Caused by Mansonella Perstans

J. Kevin Baird, Ronald C. Neafie AND Daniel H. Connor
Division of Geographic Pathology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Disease Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000

Eight patients from Uganda, Sudan, Nigeria, and Zaire presented with swelling of the eyelids, proptosis, or conjunctival granulomas. In 5 patients the cause was Mansonella perstans; in 1, it was a Wuchereria bancrofti-like worm; and in 2, an unidentifiable worm. The morphologic features and histopathologic changes in the conjunctiva and periorbital fat are described and illustrated.

Accepted for publication December 8, 1987.






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