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. 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S53-5.
doi: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1281.

Toxocara cati larvae in the eye of a child: a case report

Mohammad Zibaei  1 , Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi  2 , Seyed Hamidreza Jahadi-Hosseini  3
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Toxocara cati larvae in the eye of a child: a case report

Mohammad Zibaei et al. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2014 May.

Abstract

Toxocariasis is a consequence of human infection by Toxocara larvae. There are symptomatic (visceral, ocular) and asymptomatic course of toxocariasis. The ocular form is very rare. We present a 6-year-old patient who developed an ocular form of toxocariasis caused by Toxocara cati. He demonstrated lesions in the peripheral retina of the right eye. White granuloma was present in the superior peripheral retina. A positive immunological assay for toxocariasis essentially completed the outcomes. On the basis of clinical manifestations and conducted examinations, a diagnosis of ocular form of toxocariasis was established. Albendazole and corticosteroids were applied in treatment. Current results clearly highlight the usefulness of excretory-secretory antigens derived from larvae of Toxocara cati for the fine diagnosis ocular larva migrans caused by Toxocara larvae.

Keywords: Immunodiagnosis; Ocular larva migrans; Toxocara cati.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Fundus photograph showing white lesions caused by the migration of T. cati larvae (arrows).
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