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Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis with unusual findings
Vasumathy Vedantham1, Mukesh Mohan Vats, Sathya J Kakade
1Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. drvasumathy@yahoo.com
Purpose:
To report two cases of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) with unusual findings.
Design:
Observational and interventional case series.
Methods:
Two patients with DUSN were found to have the unusual findings of a large live worm in one eye and macular cyst in the other. Both patients underwent fundus fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography.
Results:
Photocoagulation to the worm was performed in one patient; the other received a course of oral albendazole. Both remained stable over six months of follow-up.
Conclusions:
We report a case of DUSN due to a worm, the large size of which suggests it to be different from the usual reported causative agents. We also report macular cyst as an associated finding in DUSN.
