Intraretinal worm documented by optical coherence tomography in a patient with diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis: case report

Authors :: Cunha,Leonardo Provetti
Costa-Cunha,Luciana Virgínia Ferreira
Souza,Eduardo Cunha de
Monteiro,Mário Luiz R.
Source :: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.73 n.5 2010, Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO), instacron:CBO
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2010.
Abstract: Our purpose is to report a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) in which an ophthalmoscopically visible worm was found and optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans allowed the precise localization of the parasite in the intraretinal layers. Our findings suggest that the parasite moves in the inner portions of the retina possibly explaining the severe degenerative neural changes that it causes.

Subjects :: Optic neuritis/pathology
Male
Adult
Nerve fibers/pathology
Visual acuity
Case reports
genetic structures
Retinitis/parasitology
Tomography, optical coherence
sense organs
eye diseases
Eye infections, parasitic
Human

Language :: English
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.73 n.5 2010, Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO), instacron:CBO
Accession number :: edsair.od......3056..9972e6a925ff2d529964ece66cfd5369

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