Recurrent toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. Significance of perilesional satellite dark dots seen by indocyanine green angiography
| Autor: | Carl P. Herbort, Ottavio Bernasconi, Carlos Auer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Adult
Indocyanine Green Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology genetic structures business.industry Indocyanine green angiography Angiography Visual Acuity Sulfadiazine Ophthalmology Pyrimethamine Anti-Infective Agents Chorioretinitis Recurrence medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Female Fluorescein Angiography business Coloring Agents Toxoplasmosis Ocular |
| Zdroj: | Ocular immunology and inflammation. 5(3) |
| ISSN: | 0927-3948 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To suggest an explanation for the satellite dark dots seen by indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) around the main focus of a toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. Mefhods: The authors analysed the evolution of ICG satellite dark dots in two cases of recurrent toxoplasmic retinocho-roiditis 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 in-flammatory perilesional reaction. |
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