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Spontaneous resolution of unilateral Behcet's associated neuroretinitis

PURPOSE: Behcet's disease is an immune-mediated condition which can commonly have ocular involvement. We present a case of Behcet's associated neuroretinitis, which is a rare ocular manifestation of Behcet's disease. OBSERVATIONS: The patient experienced significant improvement in her...

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Autores principales: Skopis, George, Padidam, Sneha, Do, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7566094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33089014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100966
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description PURPOSE: Behcet's disease is an immune-mediated condition which can commonly have ocular involvement. We present a case of Behcet's associated neuroretinitis, which is a rare ocular manifestation of Behcet's disease. OBSERVATIONS: The patient experienced significant improvement in her neuroretinitis without initiation of treatment. After 28 days of observation there was spontaneous resolution of exam findings and return of Snellen visual acuity to 20/20. CONCLUSIONAND IMPORTANCE: There are only two other cases reported in the literature of Behcet's associated neuroretinitis. Both cases report bilateral involvement with concomitant frosted branch angiitis. This is also the only reported case with spontaneous resolution of abnormal exam findings with return to 20/20 visual acuity. This case highlights the complexity of ocular involvement in Behcet's disease.
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spelling pubmed-75660942020-10-20 Spontaneous resolution of unilateral Behcet's associated neuroretinitis Skopis, George Padidam, Sneha Do, Brian Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: Behcet's disease is an immune-mediated condition which can commonly have ocular involvement. We present a case of Behcet's associated neuroretinitis, which is a rare ocular manifestation of Behcet's disease. OBSERVATIONS: The patient experienced significant improvement in her neuroretinitis without initiation of treatment. After 28 days of observation there was spontaneous resolution of exam findings and return of Snellen visual acuity to 20/20. CONCLUSIONAND IMPORTANCE: There are only two other cases reported in the literature of Behcet's associated neuroretinitis. Both cases report bilateral involvement with concomitant frosted branch angiitis. This is also the only reported case with spontaneous resolution of abnormal exam findings with return to 20/20 visual acuity. This case highlights the complexity of ocular involvement in Behcet's disease. Elsevier 2020-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7566094/ /pubmed/33089014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100966 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7566094/
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