Publications by authors named "Haro-Alvarez B"
Article Synopsis
- A 42-year-old woman experienced decreased vision in her left eye due to multifocal choroiditis, prompting various diagnostic tests, including a vitrectomy, which ruled out infections but identified a positive QuantiFERON® test.
- She was diagnosed with serpeginous-like choroiditis (SLC) and started on anti-tuberculosis treatment, but her vision worsened due to the ongoing inflammation.
- Once conventional immunotherapy and biological treatments were added, her vision significantly improved, highlighting the importance of addressing both the infection and inflammatory components in SLC treatment.
Idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel 2) is a slow and progressive bilateral condition that affects middle-aged and elderly individuals. Vision loss is generally mild and occurs over the course of many years. The development of sub-retinal neovascularisation (SRNV) can occur late in the disease process, and lead to more dramatic vision loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To provide a complete picture and to improve understanding of the serpiginous-like choroiditis caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Materials And Methods: Literature review of serpiginous-like choroiditis. A number of scientific search engines were searched including Medline (PubMed), Scielo, and Cochrane Library.
Idiopathic macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel 2) is a slow and progressive bilateral condition that affects middle-aged and elderly individuals. Vision loss is generally mild and occurs over the course of many years. The development of sub-retinal neovascularisation (SRNV) can occur late in the disease process, and lead to more dramatic vision loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical Case: An uncommon case is presented of a 15 year-old girl with bilateral, multiple serous detachments of retina and retinal pigment epithelium. With clinical and laboratory (IgG 1/160 and IgM 1/160, using an indirect immunofluorescence assay) diagnoses of leptospirosis, a complete ophthalmic examination, fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography were performed, and the patient was followed for two years.
Discussion: Bilateral, multiple serous detachments of retina and retinal pigment epithelium can be a complication of systemic leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira.
Asymptomatic choroidal tubercle in a patient with Crohn's disease on adalimumab treatment.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)
March 2018
Introduction: Adalimumab, an anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy for active Crohn's disease (CD), is associated with increased risks of tuberculosis infection.
Case Report: The case is presented of a 48 year-old male with active CD on treatment with adalimumab. After three months, he developed a miliary pulmonary tuberculosis infection, with a solitary non-reactive choroidal tubercle temporal-superior to the optic disc being found in an ophthalmological study.