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  • Title: A case of anterior internal ophthalmomyiasis: case report.
    Author: Saraiva Vda S, Amaro MH, Belfort R, Burnier MN.
    Journal: Arq Bras Oftalmol; 2006; 69(5):741-3. PubMed ID: 17187146.
    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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