Toxocara canis endophthalmitis with low ELISA titer.
A five-year old boy had clinical findings consistent with ocular toxocariasis, blood eosinophilia, and repetitive negative (titer 1:2) ELISA. The eye was enucleated and larval fragments consistent with Toxocara were present within an eosinophilic granuloma in the vitreous cavity overlying a chorioretinal scar entrance site.
D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology