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Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol
; 80(7): 425-8, 2005 Jul.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16059821
ABSTRACT
CLINICAL CASE: A 25-year-old man presented with a unilateral retinal detachment, and an ipsilateral preretinal mass; ultrasonographic findings included a high-reflective peripheral mass and a retinal fold. A presumptive diagnosis of a peripheral toxocara granuloma was entertained. We performed a 360 degree circumferential scleral buckle and a conventional vitrectomy via the pars plana. Histologic examination of the mass defined a central non-metallic foreign body surrounded by fibrous tissue. DISCUSSION: An intraocular non-metallic foreign body, surrounded by a fibrous capsule and feeding and draining blood vessels, can mimic the characteristics of a peripheral toxocara granuloma, and the differential diagnosis has to be kept in mind.