[Pseudotoxocariasis: a case report].
The authors describe a case where the initial diagnosis, clinical and laboratorial, was compatible with ocular toxocariasis. Therefore the follow-up added to a histopathologic examination disclosed a different diagnosis, proving the importance of the histopathologic examination, mainly in presumable diagnostics.
Instituto Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. moysesz@uol.com.br
Moysés Eduardo
ME
Zajdenweber
Remo Turchetti
RT
Moraes
Oswaldo Moura
OM
Brasil
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery