Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba
March 2007
Purpose: To present a clinico-pathologic report on ocular toxocariasis in a nine-year-old boy with a submacular fibravascular membrane who underwent submacular surgery.
Materials And Methods: A nine-year-old boy affected by chronic ocular toxocariasis in his right eye was treated. Fundus examination disclosed multiple vitreous strands attached to the retina in the inferonasal quadrant and a submacular membrane with a surrounding exudative macular detachment.