PURPOSE: To describe the development of Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) following bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis in an Asian Indian female. METHODS: Case report of a patient with bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis who developed bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis. RESULTS: Features characteristic of bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis developed following several attacks of bilateral toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in a 26-year-old Indian female patient. CONCLUSION: Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis can develop over a period of time in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis.
PURPOSE: To describe the development of Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) following bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis in an Asian Indian female. METHODS: Case report of a patient with bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis who developed bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis. RESULTS: Features characteristic of bilateral Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis developed following several attacks of bilateral toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in a 26-year-old Indian female patient. CONCLUSION:Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis can develop over a period of time in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis.
Authors: Spela Stunf; Miroslav Petrovec; Nina Žigon; Marko Hawlina; Aleksandra Kraut; Jolanda D F de Groot-Mijnes; Nataša Vidovič Valentinčič Journal: Mol Vis Date: 2012-12-01 Impact factor: 2.367