Frosted Branch Angiitis
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This entity usually affects young patients; in Japan the disease tends to affect children (range: 616 years old) with higher frequency, while in the other countries where this disorder has been described, the affected population is older, ranging from 23 to 29 years old .Slighthly more males have been reported than females (52% versus 48%). This condition is typically bilateral, but unilateral cases (28%) have been reported.
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A case of recurrence of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis with frosted branch angiitis (ocular toxoplasmosis with frosted branch angiitis).
PURPOSE To describe a case of recurrence of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis with frosted branch angiitis. CASE REPORT A 24-year-old woman presented with hyperemia in her right eye. Medical history included epilepsy at age 14 and mild mental retardation. Iridocyclitis and vitreous opacity were observed in the right eye, and furthermore widespread retinal vessel sheathing due to frosted branch ...
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PURPOSE To report a case of frosted branch angiitis (FBA) secondary to neuro-Behçet. METHODS Description, diagnosis, angiogram imaging and follow-up of a 28-year-old female with FBA. RESULTS 'Frosted branch angiitis' is a clinical term applied to three conditions: infiltration of vessels by malignant cells, and sheathing of vessels either secondary to an active disorder or subsequently to a...
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INTRODUCTION Frosted branch angiitis(FBA) is a panuveitis with sheating of all retinal vesssels. CASE PRESENTATION Herein we report an immunocompetent person who presented with fever, headache, atypical rash, and hazy vision. Ophthalmoscopy of both eyes revealed perivascular sheathing with frosted branch angiitis pattern in veins, patchy retinal hemorrhages. Aqueous PCR analysis turned positi...
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تاریخ انتشار 2012