Toxoplasmic maculopathy with bacillary layer detachment in a pediatric patient

Toxoplasmic maculopathy with bacillary layer detachment in a pediatric patient

We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with ocular toxoplasmosis presenting with severe panuveitis with anterior segment involvement, moderate vitreous haze, focal retinochoroiditis, extensive retinal periphlebitis, and macular bacillary layer detachment. Toxoplasmosis treatment was complicated by...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2023, Vol.27 (3), p.176-179
Hauptverfasser: Sanchez-Quiros, Julia, Burgos-Blasco, Barbara, Montolío-Marzo, Elena, Medina-García, Elena, Ramos-Amador, Jose Tomas, Diaz-Valle, David
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with ocular toxoplasmosis presenting with severe panuveitis with anterior segment involvement, moderate vitreous haze, focal retinochoroiditis, extensive retinal periphlebitis, and macular bacillary layer detachment. Toxoplasmosis treatment was complicated by Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which developed 8 days after starting trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
ISSN:1528-3933
DOI:10.1016/j.jaapos.2023.02.004