title: Subretinal fluid in the diagnosis of posterior scleritis.
abstract: The etiology of subretinal mass lesions is very difficult to establish. A 28-year-old man presented to us with an area of choroiditis, which progressed, despite corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy, to an exudative retinal detachment, secondary glaucoma and a painful blind eye. To develop a means of identifying the cause of such lesions, we did a subretinal fluid tap prior to enucleation. Cytopathology showed only inflammatory cells and the final histopathological diagnosis was that of a granulomatous scleritis.
authors: Dr Rajendra prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors: H K
authors: HK
authors: Tewari
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Shiota
authors: R V
authors: RV
authors: Azad
authors: K K
authors: KK
authors: Gupta
authors: P K
authors: PK
authors: Khosla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D001826:Body Fluids; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology; D015423:Scleritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone