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More to Mutton than Meets the Eye

A 64-year-old Mexican fisherman with a history of syphilis is diagnosed with panuveitis of the right eye after presenting with unilateral blurry vision, redness, and pain. A PPD was 35X30mm, and chest X-ray suggested tuberculosis. The patient’s pain and vision improved with 4-drug anti-tuberculous t...

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Autores principales: Pierce, Read G., Wong, Melisa, Skalet, Alison B.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20532658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1406-x
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description A 64-year-old Mexican fisherman with a history of syphilis is diagnosed with panuveitis of the right eye after presenting with unilateral blurry vision, redness, and pain. A PPD was 35X30mm, and chest X-ray suggested tuberculosis. The patient’s pain and vision improved with 4-drug anti-tuberculous therapy, topical steroids, and cycloplegic eye drops.
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spelling pubmed-29176502010-10-07 More to Mutton than Meets the Eye Pierce, Read G. Wong, Melisa Skalet, Alison B. J Gen Intern Med Clinical Practice: Clinical Images A 64-year-old Mexican fisherman with a history of syphilis is diagnosed with panuveitis of the right eye after presenting with unilateral blurry vision, redness, and pain. A PPD was 35X30mm, and chest X-ray suggested tuberculosis. The patient’s pain and vision improved with 4-drug anti-tuberculous therapy, topical steroids, and cycloplegic eye drops. Springer-Verlag 2010-06-08 2010-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2917650/ /pubmed/20532658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1406-x Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Pierce, Read G.
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More to Mutton than Meets the Eye
title More to Mutton than Meets the Eye
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title_short More to Mutton than Meets the Eye
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topic Clinical Practice: Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20532658
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