Retinal angiogenesis arrest in a full term infant with congenital toxoplasmosis

C Santos,M. Ramalho,C. Pedrosa,I Coutinho,Marta Ferreira,Maria João Brito,S Teixeira

Retinal angiogenesis arrest in a full term infant with congenital toxoplasmosis

2015

C Santos
M. Ramalho
C. Pedrosa
I Coutinho
Marta Ferreira
Maria João Brito
S Teixeira

We report the finding of avascular retina in the vicinity of toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis lesions in a full term infant. We postulate that an antiangiogenic stimulus in utero might have interrupted normal retinal vessel growth.

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Ophthalmology
Full Term Infant
Toxoplasmosis
Angiogenesis
In utero
Retinal
Immunology
Neovascularization
Avascular retina
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
congenital toxoplasmosis

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