Reactivation of ocular toxoplasmosis after LASIK

• Published in: Journal of refractive surgery (1995) Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 759 - 761
• Main Authors: BARBARA, Adel, SHEHADEH-MASHA'OUR, Raneen, SARTANI, Gil, GARZOZI, Hanna J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thorofare, NJ Slack 01.11.2005; SLACK INCORPORATED
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan - analysis; Antiprotozoal Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Cornea - pathology; Drug Therapy, Combination; Follow-Up Studies; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ - adverse effects; Male; Medical sciences; Myopia - surgery; Parasitic diseases; Protozoal diseases; Recurrence; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the eye and orbit; Toxoplasma - immunology; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - drug therapy; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - etiology; Toxoplasmosis, Ocular - pathology; Visual Acuity; Infection; Eye; Postoperative; Protozoal disease; Reactivation; Treatment; Ocular; Toxoplasmosis; Surgery; Parasitosis; Ophthalmology
• ISSN: 1081-597X; 1938-2391
• DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20051101-18

To report a reactivation of ocular toxoplasmosis after LASIK. Case report of a 34-year-old man who underwent bilateral LASIK. The posterior segment examination revealed an old toxoplasmosis scar in the retinal periphery of the right eye. Uncorrected visual acuity improved postoperatively, and the patient was satisfied. However, 52 days after the procedure, he complained of loss of visual acuity in his right eye. Examination revealed signs of anterior uveitis, vitreitis, and active chorioretinal lesion satellite of the old toxoplasmosis scar. The patient was treated with a multidrug regiment with resolution of the vitreous and lesion activity. Toxoplasmosis reactivation may develop after LASIK.