Acute acquired toxoplasma retinitis may present similarly to unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient with acquired toxoplasma retinitis that shared similarities with unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


RESULTS
A 39-year-old woman presented with sudden unilateral vision loss in the right eye after a flu-like illness. She had retinitis involving the fovea, subretinal fluid, thickening of the retinal pigment epithelium, and a few vitreous cells; the retinitis resolved with antitoxoplasma antibiotic treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Acute acquired toxoplasma retinitis may present similarly to unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.
Lieb
Douglas F
DF
Central Florida Retina, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Scott
Ingrid U
IU
Flynn
Harry W
HW
Davis
Janet L
JL
Demming
Suzanne M
SM
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline