Toxocara canis

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Background

Clinical Features

  • Visceral toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans)
    • Larvae travel through liver / lungs / CNS causing fever, cough, enlarged liver, pneumonia
  • Ocular toxocariasis (ocular larva migrans)
    • Larvae travel to the eye causing inflammation and scarring of retina, usually only one eye, irreversible vision loss

Differential Diagnosis

Workup

Management

Disposition

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