Ocular toxocariasis: A rare presentation of a posterior pole granuloma with an associated choroidal neovascular membrane

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Lampariello, David A ^a   Primo, Susan A ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascular membrane; Indocyanine green videoangiography; Ocular larva migrans; Toxocara canis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER SURGERY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LASER SURGERY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0033112849     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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