The autors present a confirmed case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (D.U.S.N.) with identification of the worm in a 6-year-old child with symptoms of cutaneous larva migrans, as well as analysis of 7 other cases of D.U.S.N. and association with cutaneous larva migrans or positive sorology for Toxocara canis. This is the first described case in the literature of the association between D.U.S.N. and cutaneous larva migrans in its active form.
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Casella, A. M. B., Machado, R. A., Tsuro, A., Hato, M., Costa, R., & Farah, M. E. (2001). Seria o Ancylostoma caninum um dos agentes da neurorretinite sub-aguda difusa unilateral (D.U.S.N.) no Brasil? Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 64(5), 473–476. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492001000500019
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