Ocular toxocariasis in a 36-year-old patient: a case report

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1995:259:177-81.

Abstract

A 36-year-old female presented wit unilateral papillitis, followed by the development of a posterior pole granuloma. A positive ELISA-test for toxocara canis with a titer of 1/200 established the diagnosis. The patient was consecutively treated by pars plana vitrectomy and oral corticosteroids.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Eye Diseases / parasitology*
  • Eye Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Toxocara canis*
  • Toxocariasis / complications
  • Toxocariasis / parasitology*
  • Toxocariasis / pathology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology*