Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
April 2005
Purpose: To report a case of hypopyon uveitis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
Methods: Interventional case report: a 49-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presented with sudden onset of pain, redness, photophobia, and decreased vision in the left eye. Examination revealed hypopyon uveitis and vaso-occlusive retinopathy.
Purpose: To report a case of endophthalmitis caused by Clostridium sordellii.
Methods: A 33-year-old man sustained a penetrating injury of the right eye that resulted in several ocular surgical procedures including pars plana vitrectomy, scleral buckling, scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens, and penetrating keratoplasty. More than 4 years after the penetrating injury he presented for examination with pain, photophobia, redness, decreased vision, and floaters in the right eye.