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Ophthalmomyiasis

Ophthalmomyiasis
This patient from India complained of a one day old foreign body sensation. He had an irritated conjunctiva on which several alive larvae were found. These had hatched from eggs laid by flies on the lid margin. The larvae (here one visible at the lid margin) burrow themselves underneath the conjunctival epithelium and produce small irritating granulomas. They may enter the eye and cause damage.
Gajiwala, Uday, M.D., ¦2
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Conjunctiva -> Conjunctivitis, Mucopurulent, Bacterial/Parasitic, Suppurative
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