Recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. Significance of perilesional satellite dark dots seen by indocyanine green angiography.

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serval:BIB_2321
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. Significance of perilesional satellite dark dots seen by indocyanine green angiography.
Journal
Ocular Immunology and nflammation
Author(s)
Bernasconi O., Auer C., Herbort C.P.
ISSN
0927-3948
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1997
Volume
5
Number
3
Pages
207-211
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
PURPOSE: To suggest an explanation for the satellite dark dots seen by indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) around the main focus of a toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. METHODS: The authors analysed the evolution of ICG satellite dark dots in two cases of recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis receiving anti-toxoplasmic treatment not including corticosteroids. RESULTS: Both patients had a recurrence on the peripheral aspect of scars from previous retinochoroiditis and were treated with pyrimethamine (50 mg/day) and sulfadiazine (4 g/day) for seven weeks. Resolution of satellite ICG dark dots was observed in both cases on the follow-up ICG angiogram performed at the end of treatment. CONCLUSION: Resolution of ICG satellite dark dots after anti-toxoplasmic treatment not including corticosteroids tends to indicate that there is probably an infectious component in these hypofluorescent dots and that they probably do not represent a purely inflammatory perilesional reaction.
Keywords
Adult, Angiography, Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use, Chorioretinitis/drug therapy, Chorioretinitis/pathology, Coloring Agents, Female, Fluorescein Angiography, Humans, Indocyanine Green, Male, Pyrimethamine/therapeutic use, Recurrence, Sulfadiazine/therapeutic use, Toxoplasmosis, Ocular/drug therapy, Toxoplasmosis, Ocular/pathology, Visual Acuity
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