Orbital swelling as a sign of live Dirophilaria repens in subconjunctival tissue.

This report presents a case of live dirophilaria found in the subconjunctival space in a woman, in whom the main symptoms were swelling of the orbital tissue. After subconjunctival anaesthesia the dirophilaria were removed surgically. A histopathological examination revealed an adult, non-gravid female Dirofilaria repens s. acutiuscula. To the authors' knowledge this is the first case of subconjunctival live dirophilaria reported in a human.