Atypical pattern of ocular toxoplasmosis: recurrent inner foveal toxoplasmic retinitis (rifter).

ABSTRACT: Failure to recognize the different possible clinical presentations of ocular toxoplasmosis may delay diagnosis and treatment, compromising visual prognosis. The aim of this paper is to describe an atypical pattern of ocular toxoplasmosis, not yet described. Five Brazilian patients, from 4 different referral centers, presented similar atypical pattern of ocular toxoplasmosis characterized by mild vitritis, foveal cavitation involving predominantly all retinal layers associated with adjacent inner retinal necrosis (a necrotizing retinitis with a persisting inner retinal tissue bridge and loss of subjacent retinal layers). The appearance of the OCT image resembling a "rift", led the authors to define this pattern as a Recurrent Inner Foveal Toxoplasmic Retinitis (RIFTER), which can be conside

SUBMITTER: Souza GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10691084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature