Toxocariasis of the Optic Disc
- Authors
- Kim, Yong Joon; Moon, Chan Hee; Chang, Jee Ho
- Issue Date
- Jun-2013
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
- Citation
- Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, v.33, no.2, pp 151 - 152
- Pages
- 2
- Journal Title
- Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
- Volume
- 33
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 151
- End Page
- 152
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/13670
- DOI
- 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3182893ff9
- ISSN
- 1070-8022
1536-5166
- 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 x 200 x 500 mu m) 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. (C) 2013 by North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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