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Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to report the clinical features and visual outcome of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) associated with posterior uveitis. This is a retrospective study including the 18 eyes of 18 patients. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation. Fundus...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1869-5760-3-16 |
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author | Kahloun, Rim Mbarek, Samah Khairallah-Ksiaa, Imen Jelliti, Bechir Yahia, Salim Ben Khairallah, Moncef |
author_facet | Kahloun, Rim Mbarek, Samah Khairallah-Ksiaa, Imen Jelliti, Bechir Yahia, Salim Ben Khairallah, Moncef |
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description | BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to report the clinical features and visual outcome of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) associated with posterior uveitis. This is a retrospective study including the 18 eyes of 18 patients. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation. Fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, and visual field testing were performed in all cases. RESULTS: Diseases associated with BRAO included active ocular toxoplasmosis in 7 patients, rickettsiosis in 4, Behçet’s uveitis in 2, West Nile virus infection in 1, idiopathic retinal vasculitis in 1, Crohn’s disease in 1, ocular tuberculosis in 1, and idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis syndrome in 1 patient. The mean initial visual acuity was 20/50. BRAO involved the first order retinal artery in 33.3% of the eyes, the second order retinal artery in 33.3%, an arteriole in 27.8%, and a cilioretinal artery in 5.5%. The macula was involved in 44.4% of the eyes and an acute focus of retinitis or retinochoroiditis was associated to BRAO in 55.5%. Repermeabilization of the occluded artery occurred in all patients with permanent scotomas in the corresponding visual field. The mean visual acuity at last visit was 20/32. CONCLUSIONS: BRAO, with subsequent visual impairment, may occur in the eyes with posterior uveitis. Physicians should be aware of such vision-threatening complication of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-36050762013-03-25 Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis Kahloun, Rim Mbarek, Samah Khairallah-Ksiaa, Imen Jelliti, Bechir Yahia, Salim Ben Khairallah, Moncef J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Original Research BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to report the clinical features and visual outcome of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) associated with posterior uveitis. This is a retrospective study including the 18 eyes of 18 patients. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation. Fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, and visual field testing were performed in all cases. RESULTS: Diseases associated with BRAO included active ocular toxoplasmosis in 7 patients, rickettsiosis in 4, Behçet’s uveitis in 2, West Nile virus infection in 1, idiopathic retinal vasculitis in 1, Crohn’s disease in 1, ocular tuberculosis in 1, and idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis syndrome in 1 patient. The mean initial visual acuity was 20/50. BRAO involved the first order retinal artery in 33.3% of the eyes, the second order retinal artery in 33.3%, an arteriole in 27.8%, and a cilioretinal artery in 5.5%. The macula was involved in 44.4% of the eyes and an acute focus of retinitis or retinochoroiditis was associated to BRAO in 55.5%. Repermeabilization of the occluded artery occurred in all patients with permanent scotomas in the corresponding visual field. The mean visual acuity at last visit was 20/32. CONCLUSIONS: BRAO, with subsequent visual impairment, may occur in the eyes with posterior uveitis. Physicians should be aware of such vision-threatening complication of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. Springer 2013-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3605076/ /pubmed/23514435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1869-5760-3-16 Text en Copyright ©2013 Kahloun et al; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Kahloun, Rim Mbarek, Samah Khairallah-Ksiaa, Imen Jelliti, Bechir Yahia, Salim Ben Khairallah, Moncef Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title | Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title_full | Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title_fullStr | Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title_short | Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
title_sort | branch retinal artery occlusion associated with posterior uveitis |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23514435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1869-5760-3-16 |
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