ACTA FAC. MED. NAISS. 2007;24(3):121-124

  Case report

OCULAR TOXOCARIASIS - A CASE REPORT

Gordana Stankovic-Babic

Gordana Zlatanovic

Jasmina Djordevic-Jocic

Vesna Kostovska

Sonja Cekic

Ophthalmology Clinic Clinical Center Nis, Serbia

    SUMMARY

    Toxocariasis is a zoonotic diseases caused by Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. Clinically, human infestation may take one of two forms: visceral larva  migrans and ocular toxocariasis.      

    Ocular toxocariasis is usually a unilateral disorder. It may take one of three clinical types: diffuse nematode endophthalmitis, posterior pole granuloma type and peripheral inflammatory granuloma type. Ocular toxocariasis may cause blindness.

    We report a case of a 71-year-old woman with ocular toxorariasis of the left eye - posterior pole granuloma type, with unilateral visual impairment  and strabismus.

    Exposure to household dogs or cats is belived to be a risk factor for infection with Toxocara. 

    Key words: ocular toxocariasis, posterior pole granuloma type