Rare form of eye toxocarosis in a 46-year-old patient
https://doi.org/10.34215/1609-1175-2021-3-93-95
Abstract
Rare clinical form of larval toxocarous conjunctivitis with pseudotumor of the orbit and superior rectus muscle of eye lesion is demonstrated. It was caused by migrating toxocar larvaes. The patient was 46 years old.
About the Authors
N. A. Shulgina
Pacific State Medical University;
Vladivostok Clinical Diagnostic Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, assistant, Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology,
2 Ostryakova Ave., Vladivostok, 690002
L. V. Doronina
Vladivostok Clinical Diagnostic Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD,
169/171 Svetlanskaya St., Vladivostok, 690001
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Shulgina N.A., Doronina L.V. Rare form of eye toxocarosis in a 46-year-old patient. Pacific Medical Journal. 2021;(3):93-95. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34215/1609-1175-2021-3-93-95
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