Human Angiostrongyliasis of the Eye in Bangkok

Kobchai Prommindaroj Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Chulalongkorn Hospital Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand

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Nisit Leelawongs Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Chulalongkorn Hospital Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand

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Anond Pradatsundarasar Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Chulalongkorn Hospital Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand

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Summary

A case of ocular angiostrongyliasis in a Thai male aged 34 years, in Bangkok, is reported. It is the third case of Angiostrongylus infection in man, the first in Thailand, and the first to be reported involving the eye.

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