The New England Journal of Medicine published a story of a 32-year-old woman from Russia who successfully had a live worm remove from her face through surgery. The woman presented photos to an ophthalmologist showing a 2 week of history of moving bulge around her face.
She first spotted the moving bulge below her left eye(shown in image A), which then move above her eye(shown in image B) after five days. 10 days after, the bulge move to her upper lips(shown in image C). The bulge causes localized itching and burning sensation.
The bulge later on identified as Dirofilaria repens, a long, thin white worm(shown in image D) which typically use dogs and other carnivores as their host. This parasite is usually transmitted through mosquito bites. The woman was known to had traveled to a rural area outside Moscow and recalled being frequently bitten by mosquitoes. The woman had full recovery after the removal of the worm.
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