Sudden loss of visual acuity following intra-articular steroid injection in to the knee joint: a case report
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Sudden loss of visual acuity following intra-articular steroid injection in to the knee joint: a case report
BACKGROUND Exogenous and endogenous steroids have been implicated in the pathogenesis of central serous choroioretinopathy in the literature. Central serous choroioretinopathy presents as sudden reduction in visual acuity. CASE PRESENTATION Despite the fact that steroid injections are so commonly used in the Orthopaedics there is no information regarding central serous chorioretinopathy in Or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-428