Orbital dirofilariasis: MR findings

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Feb;20(2):285-6.

Abstract

Dirofilariasis is a helminthic zoonosis occurring in many parts of the world. We report the findings in a 61-year-old woman who had painless right exophthalmos caused by orbital dirofilariasis. A vivid worm was embedded inside an inflammatory nodule in the right orbit. On T1-weighted MR images, the parasite was visible as a discrete, low-intensity, tubular signal in the center of the nodule surrounded by contrast-enhancing inflammatory tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dirofilariasis / complications
  • Dirofilariasis / diagnosis*
  • Exophthalmos / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis*