Acute acquired toxoplasma retinitis may present similarly to unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy

Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 May;137(5):940-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2003.10.027.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a patient with acquired toxoplasma retinitis that shared similarities with unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: Interventional case report.

Results: A 39-year-old woman presented with sudden unilateral vision loss in the right eye after a flu-like illness. She had retinitis involving the fovea, subretinal fluid, thickening of the retinal pigment epithelium, and a few vitreous cells; the retinitis resolved with antitoxoplasma antibiotic treatment.

Conclusions: Acute acquired toxoplasma retinitis may present similarly to unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinitis / diagnosis*
  • Retinitis / drug therapy
  • Retinitis / parasitology
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / drug therapy
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / parasitology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Doxycycline