A unique posterior segment manifestation of whipple disease.

Retin Cases Brief Rep

*Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, UK †Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana ‡Case University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio.

Published: November 2014

Purpose: To report a novel posterior segment manifestation of Whipple disease.

Method: Single observational case study.

Results: The white crystalline deposit in the retina, choroiditis, and vitritis resolved with treatment of Whipple disease.

Conclusion: Whipple disease can be associated with panuveitis, multifocal choroiditis, and white crystalline deposits in the anterior segments and retina, a unique clinical finding.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0b013e318228e34fDOI Listing

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