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- Title
Massive retinal gliosis with episcleral extension.
- Authors
Copson, Bridget; McKelvie, Penelope A; Khong, Jwu Jin
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 42-year-old man presented with a painful and bulging right eye and medical history of congenital toxoplasmosis resulting in bilateral microphthalmos, congenital blindness and choroidal retinal lesions. Topics discussed include recommendation of enucleation for diagnosis and treatment, presence of focal hyalinization of the blood vessel walls and diagnosis of massive retinal gliosis showing diffuse reactivity for glial fibrillary acid protein.
- Subjects
EYE diseases; OCULAR toxoplasmosis; MICROPHTHALMIA; GENETICS of blindness; ENUCLEATION of the eye; GLIOSIS; GLIAL fibrillary acidic protein; PATIENTS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 9, p923
- ISSN
1442-6404
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/ceo.12989