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Intraocular adult Loa Loa worm in the anterior chamber.
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Slit-lamp examination revealed conjonctival hyperhemia, edema of corneal stroma, and a moving white object in the anterior chamber (Fig. 1).
Limbal incision of 2,8 mm at 12 o'clock position.
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Emergency removal of the worm was performed in the theater through a 2.8 mm clear corneal tunnel under retrobulbar anesthesia (Fig. 2).