PURPOSE To describe a rare branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) followed by central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS). METHODS A 55-year-old man with a not yet diagnosed CSS developed a BRVO in the left eye and 1 year later a CRAO with painless and acute vision loss in the same eye. Medical history included bronchial asthma, history of allergy, eos...

Visual disturbances in dengue infection are uncommon but may result in permanent visual impairment. We report a 32-year-old Chinese woman with dengue infection and she developed retinal haemorrhage, retinal vasculitis and macular detachment. Autoimmune screen revealed a low C4 complement level, possibly due to partial C4 complement deficiency. The patient was treated with steroids and there was...

a 35-year-old lady presented with a history of decreased vision in her right eye from one week before her referral. she did not report any significant systemic disease. ocular findings were compatible with the diagnosis of central retinal vein occlusion. systemic laboratory tests were all within normal limits except for mantoux test (ppd) which was positive, 18 mm induration and 2+ redness. che...

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis remains a diagnosis of exclusion in patients who present with pulmonary alveolar haemorrhage. Systemic vasculitis developed in a patient with an eight year history of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis. The diagnosis was confirmed by a rising titre of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies directed against myeloperoxidase. Treatment with immunosuppressive age...

Retinal hemorrhages in children occasionally accompany bacterial meningitis, usually due to hemophilus or meningococcal organisms. The hemorrhages may be intraretinal, usually in the posterior pole of the eye and few in number, or, more uncommonly, subhyaloid or vitreous. Pathogenesis may include vasculitis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, or intracranial hypertension. We report 2 cases...

PRCR~RR Idiopathic retinal vasculitis (RV) is a sightthreatening disease that affects young adults. We have found that serum soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-l (fICAM-1) levels are raised in RV patients,with active ;;:;ffe compared with controls and with quiescent disease The aim of this study was to determine whether urinary neopterin:creatinine ratios correlate with sICAM levels in RV....

We report a very, rare case of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) occurring in a 68 yr old patient. Following alveolar haemorrhage onset, the diagnosis was obtained by a process of elimination, after clinical, endoscopic, cytohistological and laboratory investigations. The immunoglobulin G directed against myeloperoxidase antigen (C-ANCA), which was detected, can be regarded as indicativ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, autoimmune disorder involving multiple organ systems with variability in its clinical features and complexity of disease course. Ocular manifestations occur one-third SLE patients. Vision-threatening retinal vasculitis may be the initial eye presentation such cases. We herein present case teenage girl who exhibits signs symptoms after diagnosis S...