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2008 Series - June 24, 2008
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Figure 1 - slit lamp examination
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Photos courtesy of: Carol L. Shields, M.D.
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| A 49-year-old white male presented with a history of intermittent treatment with topical steroids and trans-septal steroid injections for anterior/ intermediate / posterior uveitis, for the past 5 years. His best corrected visual acuity was 20/80 and 20/20 in the right and left eye, respectively. The left eye was unremarkable on examination. Anterior segment examination [Fig 1] and fundus examination [Fig 2] was as shown above. |
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Is there any conjunctival lesion? |
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| a. |
episcleritis |
| b. |
inflamed pingeculae |
| c. |
diffuse conjunctival lymphoid infiltration |
| d. |
follicular conjunctivitis |
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| 2. |
The fundus lesion is: |
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| a. |
uveal lymphoid infiltration |
| b. |
posterior scleritis |
| c. |
uveal effusion syndrome |
| d. |
diffuse choroidal hemangioma |
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Treatment would be on the lines of: |
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| a. |
systemic steroids +/- immuno-suppressive agents |
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metastatic work up to rule out systemic involvement of the condition |
| c. |
local radiotherapy |
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