title: Ocular toxoplasmosis: clinical characteristics in pediatric patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical features of Ocular Toxoplasmosis in pediatric patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective, non-comparative series of cases was studied. We reviewed the clinical records of patients 16 year old or younger diagnosed with Ocular Toxoplasmosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty patients (56 eyes) were included. The mean age was 9.5 yrs old. Twenty were female. Unilateral involvement was noticed in 60% of patients. The most common symptoms were strabismus (32.1%) and reduced VA in (23.2%). An inactive retinal scar was observed in most cases (71.4%). Panuveitis was found in 8 eyes (14.2%), and posterior uveitis in 7 eyes of 7 patients (12.5%); one eye presented neuroretinitis. The most frequent location of retinochoroidal lesions was the posterior pole (72.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In children, ocular toxoplasmosis is most commonly diagnosed during the inactive stage. When inflammation is present, it can be severe and frequently associated with other complications such vasculitis and papillitis.
authors.affiliation: Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico, Inflammatory eye disease clinic, Coyoacan, Mexico, Mexico. dr.manuel.garza@gmail.com
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garza-Leon
authors.forename: Lourdes Arellanes
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014126:Toxoplasmosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014792:Visual Acuity