Unilateral optic disc oedema as a first sign of ocular toxoplasmosis – case report

Tomasz Chudoba; Piotr Borkowski; Joanna Sempińska-Szewczyk; Ewa Filipiak

doi:10.5114/ko.2016.71714

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Case report

Unilateral optic disc oedema as a first sign of ocular toxoplasmosis – case report

Tomasz Chudoba

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,

Piotr Borkowski

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,

Joanna Sempińska-Szewczyk

¹

,

Ewa Filipiak

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Oddział Okulistyki CSK MSWiA w Warszawie
Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych, Tropikalnych i Hepatologii Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ko.2016.71714

Online publish date: 2017/11/29

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Diagnostic procedure for unilateral optic disc oedema needs detailed medical history, careful physical examination and multiple additional tests. We present a very rare case of atypical unilateral anterior optic neuropathy as a sign of ocular toxoplasmosis in a young female. All diagnostic and therapeutic challenges have been discussed.

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Unilateral optic disc oedema as a first sign of ocular toxoplasmosis – case report

Tomasz Chudoba 1 , Piotr Borkowski 2 , Joanna Sempińska-Szewczyk 1 , Ewa Filipiak 1

anterior optic neuropathy, ocular toxoplasmosis, optic disc oedema

Tomasz Chudoba

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,

Piotr Borkowski

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,

Joanna Sempińska-Szewczyk

¹

,

Ewa Filipiak

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