title: Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis with unusual findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. drvasumathy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vasumathy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vedantham
authors.forename: Mukesh Mohan
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vats
authors.forename: Sathya J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kakade
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D015766:Albendazole