Bilateral maculopathy in a patient with ataxia telangiectasia.
J AAPOS
; 20(1): 85-8, 2016 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
We report a case of toxoplasmosis with bilateral maculopathy in a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with ataxia telangiectasia (AT) at age 6. AT manifests as ataxia, apraxia, telangiectasia, and dysarthria. Common ophthalmologic findings in AT include fine conjunctival telangiectasia. Patients also suffer from recurrent sinopulmonary infections; however, serious opportunistic infection is rarely diagnosed. At 8 years of age he developed disseminated Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis) infection and meningoencephalitis. This ophthalmologic finding and the subsequent toxoplasmosis meningoencephalitis have not been previously reported in AT.
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Doenças Retinianas
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Ataxia Telangiectasia
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Infecções Oculares Parasitárias
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Toxoplasmose Ocular
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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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