Onchocerciasis as cause of recurrent iridocyclitis
Steinbach, P.D.; Schneider, C.; Ringelmann, R.
Klinische Monatsblatter für Augenheilkunde 162(1): 64-67
1973
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2165 PMID: 4735097 Document Number: 58437
A 32-year-old man who had worked for 3 years in Ghana was found, after returning to Germany, to be suffering from recurrent iridocyclitis in both eyes. Microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus were recovered from the anterior chamber of the eye.
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