Chorioretinitis
| Chorioretinitis | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
 Photograph taken of the back of the eye (fundoscopy) of an AIDS patient with chorioretinitis. |
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| ICD-10 | H30.9 |
| ICD-9 | 363.20 |
| DiseasesDB | 2613 |
| MeSH | D002825 |
Chorioretinitis is an inflammation of the choroid (thin pigmented vascular coat of the eye) and retina of the eye. It is also known as choroid retinitis.
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[edit] Symptoms
The symptoms are the presence of floating black spots and blurry vision.
[edit] Causes
Chorioretinitis is often caused by toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infections and mostly affects young children or immunocompromised subjects (such as people with AIDS or on immunosuppressant drugs).[1] Congenital toxoplasmosis via transplacental transmission can also lead to sequelae such as chorioretinitis along with hydrocephalus and cerebral calcifications. Other possible causes of chorioretinitis are syphilis and onchocerciasis.
[edit] Treatment
It is treated with a combination of corticosteroids and antibiotics. If there is an underlying cause such as AIDS, specific therapy can be started as well.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Kasper et al., eds. p.959, 1038.
[edit] References
- Kasper et al., ed. (2005). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (16th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-140235-7.
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