title: Ocular toxocariasis in a 36-year-old patient: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, U.Z. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beerlandt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dralands
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vanginderdeuren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blanckaert
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vanbesien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Cauwenberghe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Keersmaecker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vervoort
mesh_terms: 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*