Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis with unusual findings.
OBJECTIVE
To report two cases of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) with unusual findings.


METHODS
Observational and interventional case series.


METHODS
Two patients with DUSN were found to have the unusual findings of a large live worm in one eye and macular cyst in the other. Both patients underwent fundus fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography.


RESULTS
Photocoagulation to the worm was performed in one patient; the other received a course of oral albendazole. Both remained stable over six months of follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
We report a case of DUSN due to a worm, the large size of which suggests it to be different from the usual reported causative agents. We also report macular cyst as an associated finding in DUSN.
Vedantham
Vasumathy
V
Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. drvasumathy@yahoo.com
Vats
Mukesh Mohan
MM
Kakade
Sathya J
SJ
Ramasamy
Kim
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D015766:Albendazole