Ocular parasitic diseases: a review on toxocariasis and diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.

نویسندگان

  • Rafael T Cortez
  • Gema Ramirez
  • Lucienne Collet
  • Gian Paolo Giuliari
چکیده

Parasitic infections may damage various ocular tissues, thereby causing visual dysfunction. In 1950, Wilder described the first case in which larval forms of nematodal intestinal roundworms (Ascaridoidea: Ascaris, Toxocara, Ancylostoma, Necator, and Strongyloides) were implicated as a cause of intraocular disease. This review focuses on two disorders associated with parasitic infections: ocular toxocariasis and diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus

دوره 48 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011