Ocular toxocariasis in a 36-year-old patient: a case report.
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.
Beerlandt
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Ophthalmology Department, U.Z. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Dralands
L
L
Vanginderdeuren
R
R
Blanckaert
J
J
Vanbesien
B
B
Van Cauwenberghe
J
J
De Keersmaecker
L
L
Vervoort
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017166:Toxocara canis; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*