Abstract: | Human palpebral dirofilariasis: a case in Sardinia. One case of human palpebral dirofilariasis, in Sardinia, is described. The nematode, Dirofilaria repens, during its permanence in the host caused local signs of an allergic type and migrated in the subcutaneous tissues from the left lower eyelid to the neck, the axillary region, the abdominal wall, reappearing in the right lower eyelid, from where it was removed. |