A UNIQUE POSTERIOR SEGMENT MANIFESTATION OF WHIPPLE DISEASE

Autor:	Karen M. Wolf, Lik Thai Lim, Robert P. Nelson, Ramana S. Moorthy, Tim Lahm, Salah Najm
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Retina Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Whipple Disease Panuveitis Retinitis General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases Posterior segment of eyeball Ophthalmology Choroiditis medicine.anatomical_structure medicine sense organs business Vasculitis Uveitis
Zdroj:	RETINAL Cases & Brief Reports. 6:204-205
ISSN:	1935-1089
Popis:	PURPOSE: To report a novel posterior segment manifestation of Whipple disease. METHOD: Single observational case study. RESULTS: The white crystalline deposit in the retina, choroiditis, and vitritis resolved with treatment of Whipple disease. CONCLUSION: Whipple disease can be associated with panuveitis, multifocal choroiditis, and white crystalline deposits in the anterior segments and retina, a unique clinical finding.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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