Case report: Orbital dirofilariasis

Abstract

Dirofilariasis is a worldwide zoonotic filariasis with over 782 cases reported so far from different parts of the world.[1] Of these, about a third affects the orbit. However, the imaging features of orbital dirofilariasis are not well described in literature, with the diagnosis usually being made only after surgical excision for suspected orbital tumor. On reviewing the literature we found that no cases of orbital dirofilariasis diagnosed by USG have been reported so far. We would like to report the case of a 40-year-old Asian Indian woman with orbital dirofilariasis.