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Dirofilaria repens worm found in ocular structures of the patient. A) The patient's eye with a live worm in the subconjunctival space; B) The worm extracted from the right eye; C) Multi-layered cuticle with external longitudinal ridges typical for D. repens observed by the microscopic examination
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Clinical examination at the Clinic of Ophthalmology revealed the presence of a live worm in the subconjunctival space (Fig. 1A). The extracted helminth was whitish, thin and measured about 8.3 cm in length (Fig. 1B). Based on microscopic examination, the presence of multi-layered cuticle with external longitudinal ridges was observed (Fig. 1C).