Fulminant chorioretinitis and papillitis secondary to coxsackievirus B presenting as acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy with positive response to intravenous immunoglobulin.

Purpose: To describe a case of fulminant bilateral papillitis and chorioretinitis in the setting of positive coxsackievirus B titers, which convalesced months after the patient's presentation. The patient presented with an acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy-like clinical picture and her visual acuity and visual field improved moderately after initiation of treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin.

Methods: Case report of a white female with bilateral blurred vision is presented in this study.

Genotypic and allelic frequencies of SULT1A1 polymorphisms in women receiving adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.

Human sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1) is involved in the metabolism of a number of substances including 4-hydroxytamoxifen. It has been shown that patients who are homozygous for the variant SULT1A1 *2/*2 have lower catalytic activity. Previous data has suggested that patients with this particular genotype may be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer or not responding to tamoxifen therapy.