Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis

PURPOSE: To report a case of transient anisocoria and mydriasis in a 14 year old boy with toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis. OBSERVATION: The patient presented with panuveitis and mydriasis which persisted for 18 days and spontaneously resolved. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Mydriasis is a rare potentia...

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Autores principales: Rana, Bilal, Hinkle, David M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32346651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100700
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of transient anisocoria and mydriasis in a 14 year old boy with toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis. OBSERVATION: The patient presented with panuveitis and mydriasis which persisted for 18 days and spontaneously resolved. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Mydriasis is a rare potential neurological manifestation of toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis. Clinicians should be aware of this rare cause of anisocoria.
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spelling pubmed-71830982020-04-28 Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis Rana, Bilal Hinkle, David M. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of transient anisocoria and mydriasis in a 14 year old boy with toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis. OBSERVATION: The patient presented with panuveitis and mydriasis which persisted for 18 days and spontaneously resolved. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Mydriasis is a rare potential neurological manifestation of toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis. Clinicians should be aware of this rare cause of anisocoria. Elsevier 2020-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7183098/ /pubmed/32346651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100700 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
title_full Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
title_fullStr Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
title_full_unstemmed Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
title_short Transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
title_sort transient mydriasis in toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32346651
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