Presumed Toxoplasmic Papillitis

James C Folk; Louis A Lobes

doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(84)34329-9

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Presumed Toxoplasmic Papillitis

James C Folk and Louis A Lobes

Ophthalmology, Vol.91(1), pp.64-67

01/1984

DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(84)34329-9

PMID: 6709320

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Abstract

Six patients with ocular toxoplasmosis are described whose only active site of inflammation was at the optic nervehead. These patients presented with severe Papillitis, vitreous inflammation, and sector or nerve fiber bundle field defects. Because of the papillitis and the absence of other typical foci of retinitis to suggest toxoplasmosis in these patients, the initial diagnoses were usually incorrect. These cases are presented to familiarize ophthalmologists with this unusual cause of papillitis.

indirect fluorescent antibody test

sector and nerve fiber bundle field defects

vitreous inflammation

misdiagnosis

ocular toxoplasmosis

optic neuritis

papillitis

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Title: Subtitle: Presumed Toxoplasmic Papillitis
Creators: James C Folk - From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Hospitalsa and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Louis A Lobes - The Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Ophthalmology, Vol.91(1), pp.64-67
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(84)34329-9
PMID: 6709320
ISSN: 0161-6420
eISSN: 1549-4713
Language: English
Date published: 01/1984
Academic Unit: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983979943502771

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