Progression of Eales' disease post-partum and long-term follow-up: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eales' disease is a difficult to treat idiopathic form of retinal vasculitis. We present such a case with peculiar epidemiology in which the only efficient therapeutic approach in order to maintain functional vision was repeated intravitreal dexamethasone implants (Ozurdex®). To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of this kind in the literature.

Case presentation

This is the case of a 40-year-old white woman presenting in 2008 with recurrent floaters accompanied by blurring of vision in her right eye and severe visual loss in her left eye caused by retinal detachment; her age at presentation was 30 years. A diagnosis of Eales' disease was made by exclusion. She was stable until 2011 after childbirth (cesarean section). Despite aggressive systemic tr

SUBMITTER: Ivanescu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192282 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature