Fetal diagnosis of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis: a case report

Lacunza Paredes R.O. · Revista Peruana de Ginecologia y Obstetricia (2023) · DOI: 10.31403/rpgo.v69i2581

Resumen

Congenital toxoplasmosis has serious implications for the prognosis of the newborn, as it can affect the brain and the eye with severe sequelae. The characteristic active lesion of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis is chorioretinitis which is diagnosed at birth by fundus examination. There are no fetal reports of detection of this lesion by ultrasound, but there are reports of severe lesions such as microphthalmia and cataract. We present a case of congenital toxoplasmosis in the fetus of a pregnant woman with untreated HIV who showed abnormal images in the eye on ultrasound that correlated with lesions in the vitreous and retina in the fundus images at birth.