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We examined a child with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who at 15 months of age developed acute encephalitis, followed 1 week later by a diffuse, uniocular retinochoroiditis. The clinical picture in the right eye was characterized by the occurrence of some intraretinal hemorrhages; punctate, yellow-white, outer retinal lesions temporal to the macula; and a quadrantal, white area of necrotic retina located superotemporally. — The vitreous was remarkably clear, and the left eye was normal. Fluorescein angiography revealed small spots of late hyperfluorescence, vasculitis in the posterior pole, and a persistently hypofluorescent quadrantal superotemporal area.Toxoplasma IgM antibodies that were absent 1 week after birth became detectable in the serum and the cerebrospinal fluid. Serological testing for cytomegalovirus was negative. Neurological signs improved on a specific therapy (pyrimethamine and sulfamethopirazine), but the patient died 2 months later of disseminated cytomegalovirus infection.
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Bottoni, F., Gonnella, P., Autelitano, A. et al. Diffuse necrotizing retinochoroiditis in a child with AIDS and toxoplasmic encephalitis. Graefe’s Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 228, 36–39 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764288
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