Congenital toxoplasmosis with ocular involvment--case report

Two thirds of the congenital toxoplasmosis cases describe minimal or inapparent symptoms present at birth, being diagnosed from a psychomotor retard. The forms of chorioretinitis may be described by repeated outbursts in the first years of life. Chorioretinitis or focal necrotizing retinitis usually develops in a bilateral way, being progressive and leading to blindness. Usually there is only one focal inflammatory beginning at the edge of a pigmented scar and the local inflammatory process may extend through successive spikes in other regions of the retina. Active chorioretinitis is expressed clinically by a blurred misty eyesight, with the advent of scotomas, photophobia, and if the macula is involved, the loss of the central eyesight may occur. In this paper I present the patient R.A., 6 years old from Constanta who is hospitalized in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases for investigations and treatment continuity because positive IgG Toxoplasma was previously found. The child has spastic quadriplegia and profound mental retardation.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Oftalmologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) - 58(2014), 1 vom: 21., Seite 42-7

Sprache:

Rumänisch

Weiterer Titel:

Toxoplasmoza Folezz congenitală (afectare oftalmologică)--caz clinic

Beteiligte Personen:

Constantin, Farah [VerfasserIn]
Denislam, Dogan [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Biomarkers
Case Reports
English Abstract
Immunoglobulin G
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.09.2014

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM241184193