Bilateral stellate neuroretinitis revealing a pheochromocytoma

Neuroretinitis (NR) is an inflammatory disorder characterized by optic disc edema and subsequent formation of a macular star. We present a case of a 33 year old woman patient admitted for a progressive bilateral visual loss since two weeks. Fundus examination showed bilateral stellate neuroretinitis...

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Autores principales: Younes, Samar, Abdellaoui, Meriem, Zahir, Fadoua, Benatiya, Idriss, Tahri, Hicham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25995810
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.13.4794
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author Younes, Samar
Abdellaoui, Meriem
Zahir, Fadoua
Benatiya, Idriss
Tahri, Hicham
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description Neuroretinitis (NR) is an inflammatory disorder characterized by optic disc edema and subsequent formation of a macular star. We present a case of a 33 year old woman patient admitted for a progressive bilateral visual loss since two weeks. Fundus examination showed bilateral stellate neuroretinitis. Physical examination revealed a malignant hypertension of 210/150mmHg. Magnetic resonance imaging identified a left suprarenal mass, whereas urinary catecholamine level was abnormally high which supported a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. The patient underwent a laparoscopic left suprarenal adrenalectomy after successful control of blood pressure. histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Visual acuity was restored and the retinal alterations disappeared 7 months after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-44314102015-05-20 Bilateral stellate neuroretinitis revealing a pheochromocytoma Younes, Samar Abdellaoui, Meriem Zahir, Fadoua Benatiya, Idriss Tahri, Hicham Pan Afr Med J Case Report Neuroretinitis (NR) is an inflammatory disorder characterized by optic disc edema and subsequent formation of a macular star. We present a case of a 33 year old woman patient admitted for a progressive bilateral visual loss since two weeks. Fundus examination showed bilateral stellate neuroretinitis. Physical examination revealed a malignant hypertension of 210/150mmHg. Magnetic resonance imaging identified a left suprarenal mass, whereas urinary catecholamine level was abnormally high which supported a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. The patient underwent a laparoscopic left suprarenal adrenalectomy after successful control of blood pressure. histopathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Visual acuity was restored and the retinal alterations disappeared 7 months after surgery. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4431410/ /pubmed/25995810 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.13.4794 Text en © Samar Younes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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