Toxoplasmic maculopathy with bacillary layer detachment in a pediatric patient.

J AAPOS

Departments of Ophthalmology, Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; Departments of Immunology, Ophthalmology, and ENT, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain.

Published: June 2023

We report the case of a 14-year-old girl with ocular toxoplasmosis presenting with severe panuveitis with anterior segment involvement, moderate vitreous haze, focal retinochoroiditis, extensive retinal periphlebitis, and macular bacillary layer detachment. Toxoplasmosis treatment was complicated by Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which developed 8 days after starting trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2023.02.004DOI Listing

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