Bilateral Nongranulomatous Uveitis with Infective Endocarditis

A 32-year-old male who had infective endocarditis complained of photophobia and blurred vision in both eyes. Biomicroscopic examination and fundus examination revealed anterior chamber reaction, vitritis, optic disc swelling, and Roth spots. He was diagnosed with bilateral nongranulomatous uveitis a...

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Autores principales: Ha, Sang Won, Shin, Jae Pil, Kim, Si Yeol, Park, Dong Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3550315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2013.27.1.58
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description A 32-year-old male who had infective endocarditis complained of photophobia and blurred vision in both eyes. Biomicroscopic examination and fundus examination revealed anterior chamber reaction, vitritis, optic disc swelling, and Roth spots. He was diagnosed with bilateral nongranulomatous uveitis and treated with topical steroid eye drops and posterior sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone. His visual symptoms were resolved within 1 week, and inflammation resolved within 4 weeks after treatment.
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spelling pubmed-35503152013-02-01 Bilateral Nongranulomatous Uveitis with Infective Endocarditis Ha, Sang Won Shin, Jae Pil Kim, Si Yeol Park, Dong Ho Korean J Ophthalmol Case Report A 32-year-old male who had infective endocarditis complained of photophobia and blurred vision in both eyes. Biomicroscopic examination and fundus examination revealed anterior chamber reaction, vitritis, optic disc swelling, and Roth spots. He was diagnosed with bilateral nongranulomatous uveitis and treated with topical steroid eye drops and posterior sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone. His visual symptoms were resolved within 1 week, and inflammation resolved within 4 weeks after treatment. The Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013-02 2012-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3550315/ /pubmed/23372383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2013.27.1.58 Text en © 2013 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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