Table. Demographics and clinical presentation of 32 patients with ophthalmomyiasis interna*.
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
Symptom | |
Red eye | 21 (60) |
Vision loss | 24 (68) |
Floaters | 24 (68) |
Eye pain | 6 (17) |
Scotomas | 3 (9) |
Sex | |
Male | 27 (77) |
Female | 7 (20) |
Loss of vision | |
Severe or total† | 12 (34) |
Moderate | 2 (6) |
Mild or none | 19 (54) |
*Patients identified during literature search and described in the Appendix Table. Mean patient age was 25.2 y; median, 16 y. †Includes blindness caused by enucleation.