[Macular toxoplasmosis and intravitreal clindamycin: an alternative to oral treatment].

نویسندگان

  • S Martínez Castillo
  • R Gallego-Pinazo
  • E Francés-Muñoz
  • R Dolz-Marco
  • A Vázquez Polo
  • M Díaz-Llopis
چکیده

Fig. 1 – (A) The initial retinography reveals a site of macular yellowish-white retinitis. (B) The initial Optic Coherence Tomograpy (OCT) evidences a neuroepithelium detachment next to a retinal hyper-reflective lesion. (C) Retinography after 2 intravitral clindamycin and dexamethasone injections reveals an atrophic scar. (D) An OCT of the previous retinography evidences a severe focal reduction of the neurosensory retina thickness with marked underlying indirect hyper-reflectiveness.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

دوره 87 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012