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Besirli CG, Elner SG. Retinal vasculitis in Toxocara canis neuroretinitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2013;3(1):5doi: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-5.
Besirli, C. G., & Elner, S. G. (2013). Retinal vasculitis in Toxocara canis neuroretinitis. Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 3(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1869-5760-3-5
Besirli, Cagri G, and Elner, Susan G. "Retinal vasculitis in Toxocara canis neuroretinitis." Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection vol. 3,1 (2013): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1869-5760-3-5
Besirli CG, Elner SG. Retinal vasculitis in Toxocara canis neuroretinitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2013 Jan 03;3(1):5. doi: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-5. PMID: 23514377; PMCID: PMC3589209.
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J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2013 Jan 03;3(1):5. doi: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-5.

Retinal vasculitis in Toxocara canis neuroretinitis.

Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection

Cagri G Besirli, Susan G Elner

Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 23514377 PMCID: PMC3589209 DOI: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-5

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this case report is to describe clinical and angiographic findings of retinal vasculitis in acute Toxocara canis neuroretinitis associated with systemic infection.

FINDINGS: A 16-year-old male presented with a 1 week history of left eye pain, floaters, and decreased visual acuity. Ocular examination was consistent with neuroretinitis and retinal vasculitis. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated leakage of fluorescein from the optic nerve and the retinal veins. Clinical and laboratory evaluation were consistent with systemic Toxocara canis infection.

CONCLUSIONS: Ocular T. canis may present with retinal vasculitis in young patients in the setting of acute systemic infection.

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