Ocular Angiostrongyliasis Without Meningitis Symptoms in Okinawa, Japan

H. Toma; S. Matsumura; C. Oshiro; T. Hidaka; Y. Sato

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0211:OAWMSI]2.0.CO;2

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H. Toma,¹ S. Matsumura,² C. Oshiro,³ T. Hidaka,⁴ Y. Sato¹

¹Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 903-0215;
²Department of Ophthalmology, Nakagami General Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, 904-2195;
³The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 903-0215;
⁴Hidaka Neurosurgery Clinic, Okinawa, Japan, 905-0019. htoma@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Abstract

A 62-year-old female farmer presented with retinal detachment in her left eye, and an Angiostrongylus cantonensis worm was recovered by vitreous surgery. The case did not show typical clinical symptoms indicating meningitis, although the patient complained of a mild headache, a low-grade fever, and slight ataxia. The symptoms were treated as influenza before the onset of the retinal detachment. The present case is the first confirmed of ocular angiostrongyliasis in Japan.

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H. Toma, S. Matsumura, C. Oshiro, T. Hidaka, and Y. Sato "Ocular Angiostrongyliasis Without Meningitis Symptoms in Okinawa, Japan," Journal of Parasitology 88(1), 211-213, (1 February 2002). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0211:OAWMSI]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 February 2002

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