Uncommon progression of toxoplasmic papillitis: patient perception and case report

Ocular toxoplasmosis frequently presents as necrotizing retinochoroiditis and, less often, peripapillary chorioretinitis and/or papillitis. The progression from papillitis to has been rarely described. We report the case of a 52-year-old patient living in southern Brazil, who developed right eye and was treated with systemic corticosteroids (prednisone 0.6 mg/kg/day pulse therapy methylprednisolone 15 mg/kg/day, for 3 days). After 14 days, vitritis decreased visual acuity (20/60), [...]