Ocular tuberculosis masquerading as atypical ocular toxoplasmosis.
masquerade syndrome
retinitis
toxoplasmosis
tuberculosis
uveitis
Journal
GMS ophthalmology cases
ISSN: 2193-1496
Titre abrégé: GMS Ophthalmol Cases
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101672115
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
medline:
18
10
2023
pubmed:
18
10
2023
entrez:
18
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Ocular tuberculosis is a great mimicker of various uveitis entities. We present a case of a 29-year-old male who came in with blurring of vision and floaters in the left eye. On examination, the left eye had anterior chamber cells and vitritis associated with retinitis. He had no other symptoms. The initial presentation was consistent with ocular toxoplasmosis, and he was started on oral sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim and showed a good response to the treatment. However, work-up revealed negative toxoplasma antibody titers but a positive
Identifiants
pubmed: 37850223
doi: 10.3205/oc000227
pii: oc000227
pmc: PMC10577653
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
Doc19Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Bromeo et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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