A 36-year-old female presented wit unilateral papillitis, followed by the development of a posterior pole granuloma. A positive ELISA-test for toxocara canis with a titer of 1/200 established the diagnosis. The patient was consecutively treated by pars plana vitrectomy and oral corticosteroids.
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