| Title |
Toxocariasis of the Optic Disc |
| Creator |
Kim, Yong J; Moon, Chan H; Chang, Jee H; McCulley, Timothy J |
| 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 mm) 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. |
| Subject |
Animals; Blood Cell Count; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Fluorescein Angiography; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Male; Middle Older people; Optic Disk; Retinal Detachment; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Toxocara; Toxocariasis; Visual Acuity |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
227450 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mh0vk7/227450 |
