Serpiginous choroiditis-like picture due to ocular toxoplasmosis

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2007 Mar-Apr;15(2):127-30. doi: 10.1080/09273940701244202.

Abstract

Purpose: To report an atypical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis in the form of serpiginous choroiditis-like picture in an immunocompetent individual.

Case report: A 32-year-old man with blurred vision in the left eye showed serpiginous choroiditis-like appearance. Fundus fluorescein angiography and relevant laboratory tests including anti-toxoplasma serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in aqueous humor were performed.

Results: The serology in blood and PCR in aqueous humor were positive for Toxoplasma gondii infection. The patient was treated with anti-toxoplasma antimicrobials and systemic steroids. At the end of six weeks of treatment the fundus lesions had healed well, with good visual recovery.

Conclusions: Serpiginous choroiditis-like picture can be an atypical manifestation of ocular Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / immunology
  • Aqueous Humor / parasitology
  • Choroiditis / etiology*
  • Choroiditis / pathology
  • DNA, Protozoan / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Toxoplasma / genetics
  • Toxoplasma / immunology
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / complications*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • DNA, Protozoan