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 Volume 10 Number 1 February 2008
Phthirus pubis Infestation of the Eyelashes of a Child


Alan CK Ng, Elisa MY Tso, Raymond KK Tse
Department of Ophthalmology, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong

Phthirus pubis is a pubic louse that can infest the eyelashes. This report is of a 9-year-old girl with Phthirus pubis infestation of the eyelashes.

Key words: Ectoparasitic infestations, Lice infestations, Phthirus pubis

Asian J Ophthalmol. 2008;10:22-23.

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