title: Toxocariasis: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is endemic in Israel; therefore, a positive serology is not unusual in our general population. The clinical manifestations of the disease may mimic other clinical conditions. Sometimes life-threatening disorders have to be considered in the differential diagnosis. This diagnostic dilemma can be solved occasionally only by histological examination. We report two patients, one with a lymphoma-like presentation and the other with an intraocular tumoral mass suggesting retinoblastoma, and discuss the diagnostic difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolach
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sinnreich
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uziel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gotesman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis