title: Unusual panuveitis in a child: toxocariasis associated with ocular myiasis.
abstract: Most panuveitis in children are caused by infectious agents. A detailed clinical history and clinical examination are helpful in the diagnosis, but specific techniques are sometimes required to identify the causing specimen. We report the first published case of panuveitis in a child caused by simultaneous ocular infection by Toxocara canis and a fly larva and the innovative use of immunodiffusion technique in the vitreous for the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Department of Helminthology Laboratory, Medical Helminthology Laboratory, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belo
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Marta Esteves
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Guedes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D060085:Coinfection; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000276:immunology; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth