ABSTRACT Objective To screen pregnant women with positive serological results for toxoplasmosis using non-invasive, ultra-wide field retinal imaging. Methods Prospective, descriptive longitudinal study including pregnant women with positive serological results for toxoplasmosis seen at three maternal care reference units located in Belém (PA), in the Brazilian Amazon. Patient data were collected via interview. Comprehensive eye examination, including best corrected visual acuity, biomicroscopy, tonometry and ultra-wide field imaging, was performed every three months. Results The sample comprised 36 pregnant women. Of […]

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis whose etiologic agent is Toxoplasma gondii, which is characterized as an infectious disease of worldwide distribution. There are thought to be more than 2 billion people globally infected with toxoplasmosis. It is well known that toxoplasmosis is a frequent cause of chorioretinal scarring. In this group of diseases, the angiographic examination (or retinal fluorescein angiography) is very important for diagnosis. Objective: To perform a survey on the prevalence of chorioretinal scars in angiography at a private […]

The aim of this article is to demonstrate the probable relationship between the recurrence of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis and refractive surgery (LASIK). The case consists in a toxoplasmic retinochoroditis recurrence observed in a 33-year-old patient after a LASIK surgery. Fundoscopy revealed a retinochoroiditis focus in activity in the left eye seventeen days after the surgery, adjacent to an old scar of ocular toxoplasmosis. The authors present findings that reinforce possible causal links between LASIK and the recurrence of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.