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Spontaneous Recovery Phenomenon In The Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome

Orlando & Davidorf, 1983Other/Unknown

International Ophthalmology Clinics 23(2): 1983; 137-149

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Abstract

We report herein a case of molluscum contagiosum that healed spontaneously. The molluscum papules did not involute simultaneously, but became inflamed and disappeared individually over a period of months. Biopsy specimens were taken at various stages of inflammation and regression. The histopathology was consistent with a cell-mediated rejection reaction.

Case Details

Personal Characteristics

38-year-old woman

Clinical Characteristics

Presented with central choroiditis due to pohs in her right eye, vision decreased to finger counting, at age 41, vision of the left eye also worsened

Remission Characteristics

After 1 year, the patient experienced a dramatic return of vision to 20/20 in the left eye

Treatment & Mechanisms

Proposed Remission Mechanisms

Not discussed

Clinical Treatment

Corticosteroid therapy