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Biological modifications of the vitreous in intraocular parasitosis: preliminary study

S Liotet1, E Bloch-Michel, J C Petithory

  • 1Laboratoire, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophthalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France.

In intraocular parasitosis the immunologic reactions in the vitrectomy-fluids depend on the parasitic agent: there is a lymphocytical reaction without any IgE production in toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, whereas there is a strong hypersensitivity reaction with a local IgE production as well as the presence of eosinophils and an antigenic stimulation in fluids with toxocara parasitosis. The electrophoretic patterns are quite similar in both cases.

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