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Neuroretinitis is the inflammation of retina and optic nerve. It is associated with optic disc edema accompanied by peripapillary or macular hard exudates. A 17 yr old female presented with headache and nausea of five days duration. She had periorbital edema and mild splenomegaly. Neurological
Data analysis was performed in a prospective study of clinical symptoms and findings in 500 patients with retinitis pigmentosa. The symptoms and findings in these patients met the usual definitions of the disease. At initial examination the patients were questioned in a standardized manner; symptoms
Chikungunya fever is a relatively rare from of vector-borne viral fever caused by chikungunya virus and spread by bites of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito. Epidemics of chikungunya fever have been reported in the past from different parts of the world. Although the virus had been
OBJECTIVE
Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis (LIN) is a rare condition that has been always considered an inflammatory disease, with emphasis given to the optic disc and neuroretina alterations.
METHODS
A healthy 54-year-old woman presented a sudden loss of vision in the left eye, referring
A previously well 12-year-old boy presented with a 2-week history of headache, nausea, vomiting and left-sided weakness. He subsequently developed meningism, right abducens nerve palsy, persistent papilloedema and reduced visual acuity in association with a bilateral macular star, consistent with
The case of a 56-year-old female patient is presented; she was hospitalized for decreased vision of both eyes, discrete hemeralopia, vertigo, right hypoacusis and occipital headache. The eye fundus examination showed lesions of retinitis pigmentosa in the inferotemporal sector and decreased arterial
BACKGROUND
Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) is a rare cause of posterior uveitis in the United Kingdom. It typically presents unilaterally in children and young adults but rarely bilateral cases have been reported. It is also rare to have multiple worms in the same eye causing the
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to describe a recently recognized and rare presentation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) retrobulbar optic neuritis preceding retinitis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and to identify factors that may relate to improved visual
A 34-year-old woman presented with new intermittent short lasing headache around the left eye accompanied with lacrimation. She suffered from anemia and visual disturbance due to thalassaemia beta heterotype and retinitis pigmentosa. She also had continual cephalalgia from about 9 years old, and was
Cat scratch disease (CSD) typically manifests as a febrile lymphadenopathy and is caused by a Bartonella henselae infection after contact with cats. This article describes the case of an atypical presentation of CSD in a 52-year-old patient with acute unilateral loss of vision and headache without
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a self limited condition characterized by fever, lymph node enlargement and less often eye involvement. Central nervous system involvement by Bartonella henselae infection is possibly an important cause of morbidity; its role as an agent of aseptic meningitis is unknown.
Background: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is one of the most severe hereditary retinal disorders with a worldwide prevalence reaching 1 in every 3000-5000 people and a total of almost one million affected individuals. RP is heterogeneous in
OBJECTIVE
To determine the mode of presentation and degree of visual impairment of retinitis pigmentosa in Nigerians.
METHODS
A prospective, non-comparative study.
METHODS
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
METHODS
Thirty Nigerian patients with a diagnosis of retinitis
Restoring vision in inherited retinal degenerations remains an unmet medical need. In mice exhibiting a genetically engineered block of the visual cycle, vision was recently successfully restored by oral administration of 9-cis-retinyl acetate (QLT091001). Safety and visual outcomes of a once-daily
We report a case of a 32-year-old female patient who presented with decreased vision on both eyes and headache. In fundus examination, both eyes had elevation of the optic disc and star shaped hard exudates in the macula. Magnetic resonance imaging was completely normal except the saccular