A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis Complicated with Chorioretinitis without Scleritis.
10.3341/jkos.2007.48.12.1716
- Author:
Jae Seok YIM
1
;
Boo Sup OUM
;
Dong PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea. mology@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chorioretinitis;
Relapsing polychondritis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Chorioretinitis*;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Humans;
Nose;
Polychondritis, Relapsing*;
Prednisolone;
Scleritis*;
Uveitis, Anterior;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2007;48(12):1716-1722
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report a case of relapsing polychondritis complicated with chorioretinitis without scleritis. CASE SUMMARY: A 35-year-old man who has been previously managed for relapsing polychondritis visited our the clinic because of blurred vision in his both eyes which had developed one month earlier. Although the corrected visual acuity was 1.0 in both eyes, Slit lamp examination of both eyes showed findings of anterior uveitis. Fundus examination showed a whitish-yellow lesion around the posterior pole in both eyes. He had bilateral auricular chondritis, saddle nose deformity, and respiratory difficult. The patient was treated with systemic steroid and prescribed topical 1% prednisolone acetate four times daily in both eyes. Four months later, fundus examination of both eyes showed improvement of chorioretinal lesion, but visual acuity had decreased constantly. Nine months later, chorioretinal lesion resolved and visual acuity improved in both eyes.
