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Vinicius da Silveira Saraiva1, Miguel Hage Amaro, Rubens Belfort
1The Henry C. Witelson Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory and Registry, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. vinicius.saraiva@mcgill.ca
Abstract:
A case of anterior internal ophthalmomyiasis is described. A 27-year-old female from Northern Brazil presenting with anterior uveitis and vitritis had a fly larva surgically removed from the anterior chamber of the left eye. The species was Cochliomyia hominivorax. The larva was covered by macrophages and foreign body giant cells characterizing a foreign body granulomatous reaction.
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