Retinochoroidal toxoplasmosis in a patient with cerebral post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease of Hodgkin's type: a diagnostic challenge.

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a relatively rare complication in renal transplant patients and can pose diagnostic challenges, especially when it manifests as an ocular inflammation. Authors hereby report an unusual case of a 57-year-old male who developed retinochoroidal toxoplasmosis after 15 years of renal transplant, the diagnoses of which were challenging as the patient was also a known case of cerebral post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) of Hodgkin's type, which misled the ophthalmologists towards a clinical diagnosis of ocular PTLD. Histopathology examination of the enucleated eye revealed numerous toxoplasmosis cysts within the retina and choroid. No ocular PTLD was observed.

• Authors: Ruchi Mittal, Gabrielle Thumann, George Souteyrand, David Kuerten, Sarah E Coupland
• Journal: Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection (J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect) Vol. 5 Issue 1 Pg. 55 (Dec 2015) ISSN: 1869-5760 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 26239296 (Publication Type: Journal Article)