title: Intraretinal worm documented by optical coherence tomography in a patient with diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis: case report.
abstract: Our purpose is to report a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) in which an ophthalmoscopically visible worm was found and optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans allowed the precise localization of the parasite in the intraretinal layers. Our findings suggest that the parasite moves in the inner portions of the retina possibly explaining the severe degenerative neural changes that it causes.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. leonardo_provetti@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Leonardo Provetti
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Luciana Virgínia Ferreira
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Costa-Cunha
authors.forename: Eduardo Cunha de
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Mário Luiz R
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012173:Retinitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D055815:Young Adult