Retinochoroiditis secondary to Rickettsia typhi infection: a case report.

Background: To report a case of unusual presentation of retinochoroiditis caused by Rickettsia typhi in a patient without prior uveitis.

Case Presentation: In this case, we describe a 24-year-old male soldier with no previous eye disease, who was referred to our ophthalmology department due to bilateral retinochoroiditis and vitritis. The patient initially presented with a paracentral scotoma in his right eye persisting for 7 days and scattered dark spots in his left eye for 2 days in June 2023.

Ocular Behçet Disease-Clinical Manifestations, Treatments and Outcomes According to Age at Disease Onset.

Behçet disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that commonly involves the eyes. Although it affects patients in all age groups, data on ocular disease by age of onset are limited. This retrospective, multicenter study aimed to compare epidemiology, systemic and ocular manifestations, treatments and outcomes between three age groups: juvenile (<18 years), adult (18-39 years) and late (≥40 years) disease onset.

Retinal vascular occlusions in ocular Behçet disease - a comparative analysis.

Purpose: The literature on retinal vascular occlusions in Behçet disease (BD) patients is limited. The aim of this study is to thoroughly investigate retinal vascular occlusions among ocular BD patients.

Methods: Retrospective, multicentre case-control study.

Neuroretinitis with secondary retinal venous stasis in a patient with Schistosomiasis.

Purpose: Schistosomiasis, one of the most important parasitic diseases in humans, is caused by the trematode parasites. Common manifestations include gastrointestinal and genitourinary symptoms while ophthalmologic involvement is rare. Here we report a case of retinal vein occlusion and neuroretinitis secondary to a schistosomiasisis infection.

UVEITIS AFTER THE BNT162b2 mRNA VACCINATION AGAINST SARS-CoV-2 INFECTION: A Possible Association.

Purpose: To describe uveitis cases after the BNT162b2 mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

Methods: This is a multicenter, retrospective study. Vaccine-related uveitis diagnosis was supported by the classification of the World Health Organization Adverse Drug Terminology and the Naranjo criteria.

Antiphospholipid antibodies may be associated with uveitis.

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of a spectrum of autoantibodies in adult patients with non-infectious uveitis compared to healthy controls.

Methods: This is a case-control study conducted in a tertiary referral center. Serum positivity to auto-antibodies directed at membranous phospholipids (aPL), nuclear antigens, and cytoplasmic (ANCA) antigens were assessed in sera from 63 non-infectious uveitis patients, and 78 healthy controls.

[IDIOPATHIC RETINAL VASCULITIS - THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN A CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC OCULAR DISEASE, ITS THERAPY AND THE PATIENT].

This is an article on a six year follow-up of a patient diagnosed with idiopathic retinal vasculitis. Her medical history, symptoms and findings are presented in detail, related to the diagnostic investigations and the resulting diagnosis. Patient follow-up was marked with repeated attempts to utilize steroid sparing strategies including antimetabolites such as Methotrexate and mycophenolate Mofetyl with only limited success.

Herpetic Anterior Uveitis - Analysis of Presumed and PCR Proven Cases.

Purpose: To describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with herpetic anterior uveitis (HAU), and compare characteristics by pathogen, recurrence, and association to iris atrophy.

Methods: Multicenter, retrospective study of AU patients diagnosed clinically and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Results: The study included 112 eyes in 109 patients: 54 (48.

[THE APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS UVEITIS IN CHILDREN].

Uveitis is an inflammatory disease of the intraocular structures involving various parts of the eye. Delays in diagnosis or treatment can lead to severe and irreversible vision loss. There are many causes leading to the development of uveitis, including: infectious, inflammatory, autoimmune and idiopathic sources.

Cat-scratch disease: ocular manifestations and treatment outcome.

Purpose: To characterize cat-scratch disease (CSD) ocular manifestations and visual outcome and evaluate the effect of systemic antibiotics and corticosteroids on final visual acuity (VA).

Methods: Multicentre retrospective cohort study. Medical records of 86 patients with ocular disease (107 eyes) of 3222 patients identified in a national CSD surveillance study were reviewed.

Diagnosis of limited ophthalmic Wegener granulomatosis: distinctive pathologic features with ANCA test confirmation.

Purpose: To describe the clinical and histopathologic finding of very limited ophthalmic Wegener granulomatosis (WG).

Methods: Thirteen patients with scleritis, orbitopathy, episcleritis, and panuveitis were studied. They presented without evidence of lung or kidney disease, though eight had sinus involvement.

Histopathologic-genotypic correlations in retinitis pigmentosa and allied diseases.

This paper reviews the published histopathologic findings of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) or an allied disease in whom the responsible gene defect was identified, including 10 cases with dominant RP (cases with mutations in RHO, PRPC8, and RP1), three with dominant spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA7), three X-linked RP carrier females (RPGR), two with congenital retinal blindness (AIPL1 and RPE65), two with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy overlap syndrome (MTTL1), and one case each with dominant cone degeneration (GCAP1), X-linked cone degeneration (RCP), enhanced S-cone syndrome (NR2E3), and dominant late-onset retinal degeneration (CTRP5). No histopathologic descriptions were found of the vast majority of genetically defined forms of retinal degeneration.