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Retinal involvement in Wucheria bancrofti filariasis
A Gupta1, A Agarwal, M R Dogra
1Department of Ophthalmology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Acta Ophthalmologica
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report the first case of inflammation of the retinal pigment epithelium and retinal vasculities presumably caused by microfilaria of Wucheria bancrofti and discuss its possible pathogenesis. Therapy with diethyl carbamazine citrate resulted in rapid resolution of the inflammation.