Cryptococcal meningitis presenting as uveitis.
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Cryptococcal meningitis presenting as uveitis.
A patient presented with a posterior uveitis. An inferior plaque of retinal exudation was seen. Full investigation failed to establish a cause until six weeks later, when cryptococcal meningitis developed. The patient was immunocompetent. Exudation in relation to retinal vessels is unusual in idiopathic posterior uveitis, and cryptococcosis should be considered in the differential. Diagnosis is...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.72.3.167