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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 150-152 |
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Atypical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis: A Case report of exudative retinal detachment and choroidal Ischemia
Yahya A Al-Zahrani, Hassan A Al-Dhibi, Abdulelah A Al-Abdullah
Vitreoretinal and Uveitis Division, King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Abdulelah A Al-Abdullah
Vitreoretinal and Uveitis Division, The King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Al-Oruba Street, P. O. Box. 7191, Riyadh - 11462
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.164624
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A 24-year-old healthy male presented with a chief complaint of blurred vision in the right eye for 1-week. Fundus examination indicated right exudative retinal detachment and choroidal ischemia. The patient responded well to anti-toxoplasmosis medications and steroids. Exudative retinal detachment and choroidal ischemia are atypical presentations of ocular toxoplasmosis. However, both conditions responded well to anti.parasitic therapy with steroid.
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