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Pseudofilariasis, a Presenting Sign of Alkaptonuria.
Cornea
December 2024
Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Centre, NY.
Purpose: To report the association of Pseudofilariasis as a presenting sign of Alkaptonuria.
Method: Case Report.
Results: A 49-year-old Indian man was referred because of wormlike objects in his left conjunctiva.
Exogenous Ochronosis With Ocular Involvement From Chronic Use of Teavigo.
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
November 2023
Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital.
Article Synopsis
- * Common substances that can lead to this condition include hydroquinone and other phenolic compounds, which result in a distinctive "banana-shaped" pigment appearance under a microscope.
- * The authors discuss a rare case where chronic use of Teavigo, a supplement high in antioxidants, triggered exogenous ochronosis in areas such as the conjunctiva, sclera, and skin.
Sclerouveitis as Part of Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome in a Patient with Alkaptonuria: A Case Report.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
July 2024
Neuroscience (NEUROS) Research Group, NeuroVitae Center for Neuroscience, Institute of Translational Medicine (IMT), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
Purpose: To present a novel association of multiple autoimmune syndrome (MAS) in a patient with sclerouveitis and alkaptonuria.
Case Report: A 68-year-old female with alkaptonuria, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and familial autoimmunity presented with decreased VA, red eye, foreign body sensation, and ocular pain. Ophthalmological examination: OD conjunctival hyperemia, ochronosis, a reddish-violet scleral nodule, keratic precipitates, 2+ cells in the anterior chamber, 0.
Descemet's membrane folds in ochronosis: a case report.
J Med Case Rep
October 2022
Porto Alegre Eye's Bank Hospital, 285 Walter Boehl Street, 333 Mostardeiro St., Office 503, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Background: We present this report of a new ophthalmic finding in a patient with ochronosis.
Case Presentation: An 85-year-old Caucasian male patient with bilateral dark temporal and nasal pigmentation of conjunctiva and sclera was referred to our hospital owing to low visual acuity. On biomicroscopic examination, bilateral horizontal Descemet's membrane folds were observed.
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