Unusual ocular presentation of acute toxoplasmosis.
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Unusual ocular presentation of acute toxoplasmosis.
Four patients with toxoplasmosis are reported with unusual presenting ocular lesions. One patient had an active lesion that appeared to involve the optic nerve as well as focal toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis at the macula. A second patient had a pale optic nerve in association with the classical chorioretinal scars of toxoplasmosis. The third patient had toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis of the macu...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.61.11.693