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Recurrent Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis as a Manifestation of Post-streptococcal Uveitis Syndrome

We report a case of post-streptococcal uveitis mainly presenting with bilateral recurrent retinal vasculitis in Korea. A 14-year-old Asian female presented with decreased visual acuity of 20 / 30 in the right eye and 20 / 25 in the left eye. The patient had a history of glomerulonephritis nine month...

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Autores principales: Han, Jinu, Lee, Sung Chul, Song, Won Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.309
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description We report a case of post-streptococcal uveitis mainly presenting with bilateral recurrent retinal vasculitis in Korea. A 14-year-old Asian female presented with decreased visual acuity of 20 / 30 in the right eye and 20 / 25 in the left eye. The patient had a history of glomerulonephritis nine months before onset of uveitis. The manifestation of uveitis was predominantly retinal vasculitis. We presumed post-streptococcal uveitis because probable streptococcal infection was confirmed by anti-streptolysin O titer elevation. With topical and oral steroid treatments, the patient experienced complete vision recovery. Post-streptococcal uveitis occurs rarely and mostly involves young patients in the form of non-granulomatous anterior uveitis. However, as this case shows, it may primarily involve the posterior uvea without anterior inflammation and may recur.
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spelling pubmed-34085392012-08-07 Recurrent Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis as a Manifestation of Post-streptococcal Uveitis Syndrome Han, Jinu Lee, Sung Chul Song, Won Kyung Korean J Ophthalmol Case Report We report a case of post-streptococcal uveitis mainly presenting with bilateral recurrent retinal vasculitis in Korea. A 14-year-old Asian female presented with decreased visual acuity of 20 / 30 in the right eye and 20 / 25 in the left eye. The patient had a history of glomerulonephritis nine months before onset of uveitis. The manifestation of uveitis was predominantly retinal vasculitis. We presumed post-streptococcal uveitis because probable streptococcal infection was confirmed by anti-streptolysin O titer elevation. With topical and oral steroid treatments, the patient experienced complete vision recovery. Post-streptococcal uveitis occurs rarely and mostly involves young patients in the form of non-granulomatous anterior uveitis. However, as this case shows, it may primarily involve the posterior uvea without anterior inflammation and may recur. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012-08 2012-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3408539/ /pubmed/22870033 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.309 Text en © 2012 The Korean Ophthalmological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Recurrent Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis as a Manifestation of Post-streptococcal Uveitis Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis as a Manifestation of Post-streptococcal Uveitis Syndrome
title_short Recurrent Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis as a Manifestation of Post-streptococcal Uveitis Syndrome
title_sort recurrent bilateral retinal vasculitis as a manifestation of post-streptococcal uveitis syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22870033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2012.26.4.309
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