Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis following bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2004 Mar;12(1):75-7. doi: 10.1076/ocii.12.1.75.28065.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the development of Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) following bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis in an Asian Indian female.

Methods: Case report of a patient with bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis who developed bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis.

Results: Features characteristic of bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis developed following several attacks of bilateral toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in a 26-year-old Indian female patient.

Conclusion: Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis can develop over a period of time in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrophy
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iridocyclitis / diagnosis
  • Iridocyclitis / drug therapy
  • Iridocyclitis / etiology*
  • Iris / pathology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Recurrence
  • Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / complications*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / diagnosis
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Clindamycin
  • Prednisolone