Subretinal fluid in the diagnosis of posterior scleritis.
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.
Tewari
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Dr Rajendra prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Shiota
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Azad
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Gupta
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Khosla
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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
D011239:Prednisolone