Periarteritis nodosa and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with serous retinal detachment in siblings.
Periarteritis nodosa and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in siblings is reported. In both patients a localised serous retinal detachment and lesions of the retinal pigment epithelium had developed owing to choroidal vascular obstruction. These cases support the suggested possible relationship between the two conditions.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology