A case of leucocoria caused by visceral larva migrans.
A four-year-old boy was seen in the Eye Department at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, because his parents had noticed that his right pupil appeared white. The diagnosis of toxocaral endophthalmitis was later made. The pathogenesis and management of infestation by Toxocara species are described.
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011680:Pupil / Q000473:pathology*; D014119:Toxocara / Q000502:physiology