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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-21762023000200019</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Complicaciones oculares como forma de presentación de la toxocariasis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ocular complications as a form of presentation of toxocariasis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ambou Frutos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Mora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Loynette]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Osorio Illas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lisis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología Ramón Pando Ferrer  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762023000200019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762023000200019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762023000200019&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La toxocariasis es una zoonosis prevalente con un importante impacto socioeconómico, particularmente en las comunidades pobres de todo el mundo. Es causada por formas larvarias de especies de nematodos, parásitos del género Toxocara. El espectro de manifestaciones clínicas en la toxocariasis varía ampliamente, desde casos asintomáticos a infecciones generalizadas. En el caso de la toxocariasis ocular, el deterioro de la agudeza visual es la manifestación más común cuando los síntomas están presentes. Las presentaciones oculares incluyen endoftalmitis crónica, granuloma de polo posterior o granuloma periférico. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de 12 años, con toxocariasis ocular en forma de granuloma de polo posterior con bandas traccionales a vítreo, acompañada de una lesión hiperpigmentada en el área macular en fase cicatrizal. El propósito de esta publicación es describir las múltiples complicaciones oculares que pueden concomitar en el paciente con toxocariasis ocular, que finalmente conllevan a una pérdida visual irreversible.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Toxocariasis is a prevalent zoonosis with a significant socioeconomic impact, particularly in poor communities around the world. It is caused by larval forms of nematode species, parasites of the Toxocara genus. The spectrum of clinical manifestations in toxocariasis varies widely from asymptomatic cases to systemic infections. In the case of ocular toxocariasis, impaired visual acuity is the most common manifestation when symptoms are present. Ocular presentations include chronic endophthalmitis, posterior pole granuloma, or a peripheral granuloma. We present the case of a 12-year-old patient with ocular toxocariasis in the form of a posterior pole granuloma with vitreous tractional bands, which is accompanied by a hyperpigmented lesion in the macular area in the healing phase. The purpose of our publication is to highlight the multiple ocular complications that can occur in patients with ocular toxocariasis, which ultimately lead to irreversible visual loss.]]></p></abstract>
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