title: Toxocariasis of the optic disc.
abstract: A healthy 46-year-old man presented with decreased vision in the right eye after ingestion of raw meat. On funduscopic examination, a cystic lesion was found on an edematous right optic disc with adjacent serous retinal detachment. Optical coherence tomography confirmed a peripapillary serous retinal detachment and a well-demarcated cystic lesion (200 × 200 × 500 μm) in the right eye. The patient had moderate eosinophilia and was seropositive for anti-Toxocara IgG antibody. Diagnosed with ocular toxocariasis, he was treated with systemic corticosteroids and albendazole with improvement in vision and fundus appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chan Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Jee Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014119:Toxocara / Q000276:immunology; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G