Presumed Ocular Toxocara Cati Infection in Port Harcourt: Vitreo-Retina

Onyinye Chukwuka Ireju; Fiebai Bassey

Authors

Onyinye Chukwuka Ireju Department of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Fiebai Bassey Department of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Abstract

Background: A 39 year old Nigerian male discovered that the vision in his right eye was poor after he heard a prep-talk on ocular selfexamination given by an eye care provider while awaiting consultation for another ailment at a general outpatient clinic in Port Harcourt. On a subsequent visit to the eye clinic there was no history of ocular trauma or any episode of redness, pain or sudden blurring of vision in that eye. He grew up in a monogamous setting with five siblings and several cats since his father loved cats. Ocular examination revealed a visual acuity of 6/5 in the LE and 6/60 in the RE which did not improve with a pin-hole. Fundoscopy showed the appearance of discrete granulomas in the right fundus as demonstrated in the fundus photographs (Figure1) Full blood count, chest and skull X-rays were normal but an abdominal scan revealed a fatty liver. There were no facilities for serological testing (Elisa).

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