Abstract

MESA HERNANDEZ, Eddy et al. Behavior of the active ocular toxoplasmosis in patients of the "Ramón Pando Ferrer" Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2011, vol.24, n.1, pp. 124-135. ISSN 0864-2176.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the pathological findings in a series of patients diagnosed with ocular toxoplasmosis. METHODS: A case-series, descriptive and observational study was conducted to describe the behavior of the active way of the ocular toxoplasmosis in patients seen in the "Ramón Pando Ferrer" Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology over 2009. A total of 128 were examined who underwent a total laboratory and ophthalmologic examination. RESULTS: The commonest presentation way was as a retinitis and the more involved age-group was that of 20-29 years, with a slight predominance of female sex. The vision decrease and the floaters were the main symptoms of presentation, the clinical diagnosis was made in 106 patients. Inflammation predominated in the 1 retinal zone and involved mainly in a moderate way the vision of patients in the involved eye at diagnosis. In 122 of the 128 treatment was applied consisted in most of the standard scheme of pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine and prednisone. The 43.1 % of involved eyes recovered it normal vision, whereas 34 eyes remained with a severe decrease, most caused by complications including macular scars, which were the more registered. CONCLUSIONS: It is possible to achieve good visual results with an appropriate therapy although it will depend on the involved retinal area, the level of intraocular inflammation and the length of the disease.

Keywords : Ocular toxoplasmosis; retinitis; uveitis.

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