Purpose: To report 30 patients with presumed diffuse uni-lateral subacute neuroretinitis in Pernambuco and describe the clinical and epidemiologic aspects. Methods: Restros-pective analysis of 30 patients with presumed diffuse uni-lateral subacute neuroretinitis, assisted at the Uveitis Department of Fundação Altino Ventura and Hospital de Olhos de Pernambuco, from January 1998 to April 2000. Results: Twenty patients (66.7%) were males. Regarding age, it ranged between 7 and 40 years. The average was 18.1 years (s=6.9). DUSN was diagnosed in the left eye in 15 patients (50.0%). Visual acuity was equal to or worse than 20/400 in 29 patients (96.7%). Conclusion: We could not find the nematode in the subretinal space in any patient. This could explain why those patients had advanced ocular alte-rations and very low visual acuity.
Retinitis; Retinitis; Parasitic eye infection; Optic neuritis
