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RONALD M. WOOD, PhD; ARTHUR C. ELLISON, MS; KATHLEEN C. KELLEY, BS; HERBERT E. KAUFMAN, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1965;73(4):482-486.

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The demonstration by Wilder¹ of nematode larvae in 24 of 46 eyes enucleated following a clinical diagnosis of retinoblastoma, pseudoglioma, Coats' disease, or panophthalmitis and the identification of the nematode in four of these cases as Toxocara canis by Nichols² emphasized the importance of this parasite in human ocular disease. Ashton³ reported similar findings in a series of four cases with granulomata of the macula and Irvine⁴ reported one case, thus confirming the work of Wilder. Ashton pointed out that sometimes hundreds of sections of an eye must be examined before the nematode larva is found. Unless a presumptive clinical and serological diagnosis can be made, routine pathologic examination of the enucleated eye may fail to elucidate the diagnosis.

T canis is the roundworm of the dog. Ingested embryonated ova hatch in the dog intestine. The larvae penetrate the intestinal wall and are carried to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Gainesville, Fla

From the College of Medicine, University of Florida.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 3, 1964.

Reprint requests to Ronald M. Wood, PhD, Division of Ophthalmology, Gainesville, Fla 32603.

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