title: Serpiginous choroiditis-like picture due to ocular toxoplasmosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an atypical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis in the form of serpiginous choroiditis-like picture in an immunocompetent individual.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  A 32-year-old man with blurred vision in the left eye showed serpiginous choroiditis-like appearance. Fundus fluorescein angiography and relevant laboratory tests including anti-toxoplasma serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in aqueous humor were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The serology in blood and PCR in aqueous humor were positive for Toxoplasma gondii infection. The patient was treated with anti-toxoplasma antimicrobials and systemic steroids. At the end of six weeks of treatment the fundus lesions had healed well, with good visual recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serpiginous choroiditis-like picture can be an atypical manifestation of ocular Toxoplasma gondii infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, India. m.padmamalini@gmail.com
authors.forename: Padmamalini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mahendradas
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahalakshmi
authors.forename: K Bhujang
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000469:parasitology; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan