[Clinical Picture] Hookworm in the eye

A 62-year-old man presented to the Southwest Eye Hospital (Chongqing, China) with a 4-month history of decreasing central vision in his right eye. His visual acuity was reduced to counting fingers in the right eye and was 6/6 in the left. There was no remarkable sign in the anterior segment of the right eye, but fundoscopy revealed a white, slim worm wiggling under the macular retina (figure). The patient recalled that his right eye had been injured by a branch 3 years previously, with no vision decrease and no treatment at that time.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: research