Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease

This case report involves a 32-year-old man with Behçet’s disease who had simultaneous bilateral anterior uveitis, unilateral nodular scleritis, and occlusive vasculitis with retinal hemorrhages. Although scleritis is not a classical feature of Behçet’s disease, a diagnosis of Behçet’s disease shoul...

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Autores principales: SAATCI, Ali Osman, AYHAN, Ziya, ONEN, Fatos, OZBEK, Zeynep, DURAK, Ismet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation Ophthalmology 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289688
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author SAATCI, Ali Osman
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description This case report involves a 32-year-old man with Behçet’s disease who had simultaneous bilateral anterior uveitis, unilateral nodular scleritis, and occlusive vasculitis with retinal hemorrhages. Although scleritis is not a classical feature of Behçet’s disease, a diagnosis of Behçet’s disease should be considered in patients with scleritis.
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spelling pubmed-53428782017-03-13 Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease SAATCI, Ali Osman AYHAN, Ziya ONEN, Fatos OZBEK, Zeynep DURAK, Ismet Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol Case Report This case report involves a 32-year-old man with Behçet’s disease who had simultaneous bilateral anterior uveitis, unilateral nodular scleritis, and occlusive vasculitis with retinal hemorrhages. Although scleritis is not a classical feature of Behçet’s disease, a diagnosis of Behçet’s disease should be considered in patients with scleritis. Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation Ophthalmology 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5342878/ /pubmed/28289688 Text en ©2016, Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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DURAK, Ismet
Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title_full Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title_fullStr Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title_short Nodular Scleritis in Association with Panuveitis in Behçet’s Disease
title_sort nodular scleritis in association with panuveitis in behçet’s disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5342878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289688
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