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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 66(5), 2002, pp. 572-574
Copyright © 2002 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 66, Issue 5, 572-574
Copyright © 2002 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Case report: Ocular gnathostomiasis in northwestern Mexico

J Baquera-Heredia, A Cruz-Reyes, A Flores-Gaxiola, G Lopez-Pulido, E Diaz-Simental, and L Valderrama-Valenzuela

A 42-year-old woman from Culiacan in the Sinaloa State of Mexico presented with a four-year history of migratory, pruritic, painful swellings of the face. Palpebral edema with conjunctival erythema developed when lesions developed near the eye. Routine eye examination showed a mobile worm in the anterior chamber. Following surgical removal, the parasite was identified by light and electron microscopy as an advanced third-stage larva of Gnathostoma sp. This prevalence of this helminthiasis may be increasing in areas where eating freshwater raw fish ("cebiche") is customary.




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