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Klebsiella* ; Retinal Vasculitis* ; Retinaldehyde*

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Retinal Vasculitis* ; Retinaldehyde* ; Vancomycin*

The Acute Retinal Necrosis(ARN) is characterized by necrotizing retinitis, uveit is and retinal vasculitis occurring in otherwise healthy patients. The cause of this disorder is thought to be herpes group virus. The ARN typically presents with the incidious onset of diffuse uveitis, followed by acute retinal whitening, vasculitis, leading to severe destruction of the retinal architecture, frequent retinal detachment and consequent loss of visual function. We experienced 4 cases of ARN in otherwise healthy patients. We treated 4 cases of ARN with intravenous acyclovir(1500mg/M2/day) and oral prednisone. Among 4 cases, one case retained relatively good visual acuity(20/70), 3 cases remained light perception and 2 cases developed retinal detachment. No patient developed new retinal lesion in the fellow eye and there was no evident ocular or systemic side effect from this tyerapy. Intravenous acyclovir and oral prednisone for the treatment of early stage of ARN is not dramatic in effectiveness but seemed to be the treatment of choice at present time.
Acyclovir* ; Humans ; Prednisone ; Retinal Detachment ; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute* ; Retinal Vasculitis ; Retinaldehyde ; Retinitis ; Uveitis ; Vasculitis

PURPOSE: Tuberculosis is a chronic infection caused by mycobacteria species. M. tuberculosis causes disease predominantly in the lung, although every organ in the body may be involved. Retinal tuberculosis is very rare and usually unilateral. Possible hypotheses on the pathogenesis of tuberculosis-related retinal vasculitis are an infectious process and a hypersensitivity mechanism. In Korea, no case has been reported. METHOD: We experienced a case of bilateral retinal vasculitis who was suffering from tuberculous meningitis. RESULT: His vasculitis was successfully treated with anti-tuberculosis medications. We report a case of tuberculosis-related retinal vasculitis with the review of literature.
Hypersensitivity ; Korea ; Lung ; Retinal Vasculitis* ; Retinaldehyde* ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Meningeal ; Vasculitis

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of frosted-branch angiitis. METHOD: This is a case report of frosted-branch angiitis seen at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. RESULTS: A 42 year-old male presented with progressive blurring of vision of the left eye. Indirect funduscopy showed dilated retinal veins with perivascular sheathing, giving the appearance of frosted-branches of a tree. CONCLUSION: Frosted-branch angiitis is a rare form of retinal vasculitis with various etiologies. Despite the severe retinal appearance, the prognosis is usually good, with rapid recovery of visual acuity after prompt steroid treatment.
Male ; Middle Aged ; RETINAL VASCULITIS ; VASCULITIS ; CASE REPORTS

Acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis is a disorder of abrupt onset, of unilateral or bilateral visual loss associated with mild anterior uveitis multifocal retinal vasculitis, retinal hemorrhage, retinal capiHary nonperfusion,papillitis, vitritis. After the onset of the disease, recurrent episode of intraocular inflammation, vasculitis, and visual loss ate commonly seen associated with the late complications of secondary vitreous hemorrhage, neovascular glaucoma, and epiretinal membrane formation. In 1988, Blumenkranz and associates were the first to report 7 cases of this disease in America. The mode of presentation, associated symptoms, and fundus findings are suggestive of herpes class virus infection, although the etiology remains unknown. We experienced a case of acute multifocal hemorrhagic retinal vasculitis associated with multifocal retinal vasculitis, retinal hemorrhage and neovascu lar complications.
Americas ; Epiretinal Membrane ; Glaucoma, Neovascular ; Inflammation ; Retinal Hemorrhage ; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute ; Retinal Vasculitis* ; Retinaldehyde* ; Uveitis, Anterior ; Vasculitis ; Vitreous Hemorrhage

The Acute Retinal Necrosis(A.R.N.) syndrome is characterized by necrotizing retinitis, vitritis, and retinal vasculitis. We experienced 5 eyes of 4 cases with Acute Retinal Necrosis in otherwise healthy patients. In this study, 3 of 4 cases(75%) were male, retinal detachment developed in 3 eyes(60%), and 3 of 4 cases(75%) were unilateral. 4 of 5 eyes(80%) had a final visual acuity of less than 0.1.
Humans ; Male ; Retinal Detachment ; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute* ; Retinal Vasculitis ; Retinaldehyde ; Retinitis ; Visual Acuity

The authors studied the retinal vascular patterns of human eye suffered from complicated endophthalmitis following by perforating injury and corneal ulcer. The technique of preparing slides to study the retinal vascular patterns were same as previously noted Part I report. A lot of microorganisms, such as cocci, bacilli and fungi are found in the inflamed foci(with or without filaments) around the retinal vessels unless the vessels were completely occluded. Focal and diffuse exudative vasculitis is related to the species of microorganisms and cbserved stage but almost all retinal vessel waIls show diffuse loss of perivascular argyrophilic fibers, socalled "moth eaten" appearance. In the later stage of vasculitis microorganisms are not found in the inflamed focus("punched out" lesion) of the occluded vessels which show as "bark-stripped-dead tree" appearance in reticulin stain.
Corneal Ulcer* ; Endophthalmitis* ; Fungi ; Humans ; Reticulin ; Retinal Vessels ; Retinaldehyde* ; Vasculitis

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, which affects skins, joints and other parts of body. Retinopathies associated SLE occur in 3.3% to 28% of cases, the incidence rising with the severity of systemic disease, and generally are found late in the disease. The most common findings described are cotton wool spots, retinal hemorrhages, and optic disc edema. We report two cases of SLE who had retinopathies as early manifestation of disease.
Edema ; Incidence ; Joints ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Retinal Hemorrhage ; Retinal Vasculitis ; Retinaldehyde* ; Skin ; Wool

Eales disease is an uncommon idiopathic vasoproliferative retinal disease that primarily affects the peripheral retina. We experienced a 17-year-old male patient who was referred to our clinic because of retinal hemorrhage at the superior temporal quadrant of his left eye. After excluding other causes of branch retinal vein occlusion with medical evaluation, the primary branch retinal vein occlusion was diagnosed. During the follow-up period, retinal vasculitis developed in the peripheral retina of his both eyes along with rapid development of the neovascularization in the left eye. Eales disease was diagnosed. In spite of scattered laser photocoagulation, vitreous hemorrhage eventually occurred, requiring pars plana vitrectomy. We emphasize the occurrence of the branch retinal vein occlusion in young patient with Eales disease.
Adolescent ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Light Coagulation ; Male ; Retina ; Retinal Diseases ; Retinal Hemorrhage ; Retinal Vasculitis ; Retinal Vein Occlusion* ; Retinal Vein* ; Retinaldehyde* ; Vitrectomy ; Vitreous Hemorrhage