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Frosted Branch Angiitis in a Patient with Typhoid Fever
- Source :
- Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 26:776-778
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Frosted branch angiitis (FBA), a rare form of retinal vasculitis presenting as bilateral perivascular sheathing, resembling the appearance of frosted tree branches in winter, was first reported by Ito et al.1 in 1976, in a young immunocompetent boy. FBA predominantly affects healthy young patients, the youngest reported in an 11-month-old infant2 and oldest in a 42-year-old patient.3 Classical symptoms include sudden onset of blurred vision with floaters and photopsiae. Fundus examination shows widespread perivascular translucent sheathing affecting both arterioles and venules, more commonly latter. Fluorescein angiography shows late staining of vessels with no obstruction of blood flow. Electroretinogram shows reduced amplitude and visual fields show generalized constriction. Medline search did not show any case of frosted branch angiitis in a patient with typhoid fever.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
Adolescent
Fundus Oculi
Visual Acuity
Fundus (eye)
Slit Lamp Microscopy
Typhoid fever
Constriction
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Blurred vision
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Fluorescein Angiography
Typhoid Fever
Retinal Vasculitis
medicine.diagnostic_test
Retinal vasculitis
business.industry
Retinal Vessels
medicine.disease
Fluorescein angiography
eye diseases
Ophthalmology
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Sudden onset
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17445078 and 09273948
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6229f890a81f7c3c55974ee8ddae69e8