[A case of an ocular form of dirofilariasis]

A rare ophthalmic involvement is described. Patient S. aged 60 years was treated for 6 months without effect for allergic conjunctivitis of the right eye, after which a free moving helminth was detected under the bulbar conjunctiva. The parasite was removed, and symptoms of toxic allergic conjunctivitis rapidly regressed. The helminth was identified as Dirofilaria repens, its size was 120 x 2 mm.