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Atypical spherical deposition on vitreoretinal interface associated with toxoplasmic chorioretinitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology volume 245, pages 158–160 (2007)Cite this article

Abstract

Purpose

To report the clinical and optical coherence tomography features of spherical deposits associated with recurrent toxoplasmic chorioretinitis.

Methods

Case report.

Results

Atypical, 100 μm to 150 μm, greyish deposits appeared along retinal arteries and veins as well as on the vitreoretinal interface in the macula of a 44-year-old Caucasian woman while she was being treated for recurrent toxoplasmic chorioretinitis with antiparasitic drugs and subconjunctival injection of betamethasone. They disappeared progressively with the systemic use of corticosteroids. Their clinical course was nicely documented by optical coherence tomography.

Conclusions

Greyish spherical deposits on the vitreoretinal interface have been previously described as inflammatory reactions in asymptomatic human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) carriers and in patients with HTLV-1-associated uveitis. For the first time, optical coherence tomography (OCT) provided clinical correlation of this unusual presentation of toxoplasmic chorioretinitis.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Ann-Pascale Guagnini, Patrick De Potter, Laurent Levecq & Alexandra Kozyreff

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Guagnini, AP., De Potter, P., Levecq, L. et al. Atypical spherical deposition on vitreoretinal interface associated with toxoplasmic chorioretinitis. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 245, 158–160 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-006-0330-6

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Keywords

  • Retinochoroiditis
  • Ocular toxoplasmosis
  • Deposits
  • Vitreoretinal interface
  • Posterior uveitis
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus type I