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Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male

The purpose of this study is to describe an association of unilateral multifocal choroiditis (MFC), retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, and bilateral keratoconus in a young Saudi male. A 27-year-old male patient with stable bilateral keratoconus presented with a painless vision loss in his left ey...

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Autores principales: Dhafiri, Yousef, Al Rubaie, Khalid, Kirat, Omar, May, William N., Nguyen, Quan D., Kozak, Igor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5598301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28936058
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_331_16
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author Dhafiri, Yousef
Al Rubaie, Khalid
Kirat, Omar
May, William N.
Nguyen, Quan D.
Kozak, Igor
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description The purpose of this study is to describe an association of unilateral multifocal choroiditis (MFC), retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, and bilateral keratoconus in a young Saudi male. A 27-year-old male patient with stable bilateral keratoconus presented with a painless vision loss in his left eye. Ophthalmic examinations revealed multiple foci of idiopathic chorioretinitis, retinal vasculitis, and mild optic disc leakage on fluorescein angiography, all of which resolved on systemic therapy with mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone after 3 months. Systemic medication was stopped after 8 months. One year after presentation, patient's visual acuity has improved and remained stable. Systemic immunomodulatory therapy can be effective in managing and leading to resolution of MFC, retinal vasculitis, and optic disc leak in young patients.
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spelling pubmed-55983012017-09-21 Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male Dhafiri, Yousef Al Rubaie, Khalid Kirat, Omar May, William N. Nguyen, Quan D. Kozak, Igor Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report The purpose of this study is to describe an association of unilateral multifocal choroiditis (MFC), retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, and bilateral keratoconus in a young Saudi male. A 27-year-old male patient with stable bilateral keratoconus presented with a painless vision loss in his left eye. Ophthalmic examinations revealed multiple foci of idiopathic chorioretinitis, retinal vasculitis, and mild optic disc leakage on fluorescein angiography, all of which resolved on systemic therapy with mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone after 3 months. Systemic medication was stopped after 8 months. One year after presentation, patient's visual acuity has improved and remained stable. Systemic immunomodulatory therapy can be effective in managing and leading to resolution of MFC, retinal vasculitis, and optic disc leak in young patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5598301/ /pubmed/28936058 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_331_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dhafiri, Yousef
Al Rubaie, Khalid
Kirat, Omar
May, William N.
Nguyen, Quan D.
Kozak, Igor
Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title_full Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title_fullStr Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title_short Multifocal Choroiditis with Retinal Vasculitis, Optic Neuropathy, and Keratoconus in a Young Saudi Male
title_sort multifocal choroiditis with retinal vasculitis, optic neuropathy, and keratoconus in a young saudi male
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5598301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28936058
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_331_16
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