Fundus topographical distribution patterns of ocular toxoplasmosis

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BACKGROUND: To establish topographic maps and determine fundus distribution patterns of ocular toxoplasmosis (OT) lesions.

METHODS: In this retrospective study, patients who presented with OT to ophthalmology clinics from four countries (Argentina, Turkey, UK, USA) were included. Size, shape and location of primary (1°)/recurrent (2°) and active/inactive lesions were converted into a two-dimensional retinal chart by a retinal drawing software. A final contour map of the merged image charts was then created using a custom Matlab programme. Descriptive analyses were performed.

RESULTS: 984 lesions in 514 eyes of 464 subjects (53% women) were included. Mean area of all 1° and 2° lesions was 5.96±12.26 and 5.21±12.77 mm2, respectively. For the subset group lesions (eyes with both 1° and 2° lesions), 1° lesions were significantly larger than 2° lesions (5.52±6.04 mm2 vs 4.09±8.90 mm2, p=0.038). Mean distances from foveola to 1° and 2° lesion centres were 6336±4267 and 5763±3491 µm, respectively. The majority of lesions were found in temporal quadrant (p<0.001). Maximum overlap of all lesions was at 278 µm inferotemporal to foveola.

CONCLUSION: The 1° lesions were larger than 2° lesions. The 2° lesions were not significantly closer to fovea than 1° lesions. Temporal quadrant and macular region were found to be densely affected underlining the vision threatening nature of the disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

The British journal of ophthalmology - 108(2024), 4 vom: 20. März, Seite 530-535

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasanreisoglu, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Halim, Muhammad Sohail [VerfasserIn]
Cakar Ozdal, Pinar [VerfasserIn]
Ormaechea, Maria Soledad [VerfasserIn]
Kesim, Cem [VerfasserIn]
Ozdemir, Huseyin Baran [VerfasserIn]
Uludag, Gunay [VerfasserIn]
Sredar, Nripun [VerfasserIn]
Cankurtaran, Mahmut [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaoxuan [VerfasserIn]
Denniston, Alastair Keith [VerfasserIn]
Rudzinski, Marcelo N [VerfasserIn]
Colombero, Daniel N [VerfasserIn]
Schlaen, Bernardo Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Keane, Pearse Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Pavesio, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Quan Dong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Choroid
Imaging
Infection
Inflammation
Journal Article
Retina

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Date Completed 22.03.2024

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjo-2022-322747

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354370979