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Orbital Hydatid Disease in Kenya
Harjinder S. Chana
Harjinder S. Chana
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Volker Klauss
Volker Klauss
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Ashok Shah
Ashok Shah
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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We treated 7 cases of orbital hydatidosis presenting as cysts. These were successfully treated surgically using a technique that does not compromise the eye and its visual function. This need arose when it was learned that 7 eyes had been enucleated and another case put on massive steroid therapy due to misdiagnosis as malignancies by ophthalmologists visiting in this country (M. French, African Medical Research Foundation, personal communication). It is imperative to stress the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this condition which must be considered in the differential diagnosis of unilateral proptosis.
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