Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by Ancylostoma Hookworm
Sven Poppert, Martin Heideking, Hansjürgen Agostini, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Nicole Wüppenhorst, Birgit Muntau, Philipp Henneke, Winfried Kern, Jürgen Krücken, Bernd Junker, and Markus Hufnagel
Author affiliations: University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (S. Poppert); Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Institute for Medical Microbiology, Giessen, Germany (S. Poppert, M. Fritzenwanker); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (S. Poppert, B. Muntau); University Hospital Tübingen Children’s Hospital, Tübingen, Germany (M. Heideking); University Medical Center Freiburg Center of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Freiburg, Germany (M. Heideking, P. Henneke, M. Hufnagel); University Medical Center Freiburg Eye Center, Freiburg (H. Agostini, B. Junker); Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Hamburg (N. Wüppenhorst); University Medical Center Freiburg Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases, Freiburg (W. Kern); Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (J. Krücken); Hannover Medical School, Eye Clinic, Hannover, Germany (B. Junker)
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Figure. Intraoperative fundus image depicting a migrating hookworm (Ancylostoma ceylanicum) ≈10 mm in length in the subretinal space of the eye of 10-year-old patient in Germany.
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