Unusual ocular presentation of acute toxoplasmosis.

نویسندگان

  • D Willerson
  • T M Aaberg
  • F Reeser
  • T A Meredith
چکیده

Four patients with toxoplasmosis are reported with unusual presenting ocular lesions. One patient had an active lesion that appeared to involve the optic nerve as well as focal toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis at the macula. A second patient had a pale optic nerve in association with the classical chorioretinal scars of toxoplasmosis. The third patient had toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis of the macula with subretinal neovascularisation. The fourth patient had a branch artery occlusion complicating acute retinitis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 61 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1977