PURPOSE: The authors report a case of eyelid subcutaneous filariasis. METHODS: Thorough history, eye examination, surgical intervention, and parasitologic analysis. RESULTS: An adult Dirofilaria repens worm was extracted from the right upper eyelid in a man living in Italy presenting to our department with lid swelling. CONCLUSIONS: Due to increasing migration of populations to Europe, rare manifestations of ocular filariasis are becoming more common. Surgery was both diagnostic and therapeutic.
PURPOSE: The authors report a case of eyelid subcutaneous filariasis. METHODS: Thorough history, eye examination, surgical intervention, and parasitologic analysis. RESULTS: An adult Dirofilaria repens worm was extracted from the right upper eyelid in a man living in Italy presenting to our department with lid swelling. CONCLUSIONS: Due to increasing migration of populations to Europe, rare manifestations of ocular filariasis are becoming more common. Surgery was both diagnostic and therapeutic.