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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Case report
Multimodal imaging-guided diagnosis, management and follow-up of a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis
  1. Obuli Ramachandran,
  2. Rachana Mallidi,
  3. Sagnik Sen and
  4. Naresh Babu Kannan
  1. Department of Vitreo-retina, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sagnik Sen; riksag{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman presented with diminished vision in the left eye. Visual acuity was 6/9 and fundus showed a very large live nematode near the macula along with inflammatory outer retinal lesions in the periphery. We diagnosed the case as diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis and treated with immediate focal photocoagulation of the worm along with oral antihelminthic drugs and corticosteroids. The report highlights the importance of prompt laser and steroids in achieving good structural as well as the functional outcome, and the added significance of advanced imaging techniques in prognosticating such patients.

  • retina
  • macula
  • visual pathway
  • ophthalmology

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-234737

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors OR: conceptualised, wrote. RM: wrote, data collection. SS: wrote, proofed. NBK: proofed.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.