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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109269
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment in Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis
Rhegmatogene Netzhautablösung bei Toxoplasma chorioretinitisPublikationsverlauf
received: 18.9.2008
accepted: 13.11.2008
Publikationsdatum:
21. April 2009 (online)

Background
Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis is the most common cause of posterior uveitis worldwide [6].
In patients with ocular toxoplasmosis, the frequency of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments is higher than that of the non-uveitic population, and the prevalence is estimated to be between 3.5 to 6 % [1] [5]. Conversely, ocular toxoplasmosis accounts for about 0.6 % of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments [2]. The visual prognosis of retinal detachment complicating ocular toxoplasmosis has been reported as very poor with legal blindness occurring in about 56 % of the cases [1].
We herein present an atypical case of total rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to ocular toxoplasmosis associated with very limited visual acuity at presentation. Appropriate vitreoretinal surgery led to a good anatomical and functional outcome.
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Thomas J. Wolfensberger MD, PD, MER
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