Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis: About a Case in an Immunocompetent Adult at the Renaissance University Hospital Centre (UHC) in N’Djamena (Chad) and Review of the Literature
Toxoplasmic chorioretinitis also known as ocular toxoplasmosis is a
parasitic infection caused by the obligately intracellular multiplying
protozoan called Toxoplasmagondii. Active toxoplasmic chorioretinitis
is a rare condition in immunocompetent people. We report a case of a
47-year-old patient who received reduced right visual acuity, left hemiparesis
and eye pain. Examination of the right anterior segment of the eye is
unremarkable. In the fundus of the right eye, there was a focus of active
toxoplasmic chorioretinitis located in the macula at 1.5 mm papillary diameter
next to old scar lesions. The ophthalmological examination of the left eye was
unremarkable. The paraclinical assessment carried out on the patient shows a
positive Remington test on two occasions three weeks apart. The clinical
outcome after initiation of treatment was favorable with a healing of the
active site within four weeks.
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