title: [Eales' disease involving central nervous system white matter].
abstract: Eales' disease (ED) is a rare condition characterized by repeated retinal and vitreous hemorrhages. The only extraocular involvement described occasionally in the literature is neurological. Histologically, vasculitis in ED is usually restricted to the eye, but occasionally involves the central nervous system, where demyelinizing lesions may also occur. We present a 34-year-old male with ED and subclinical central nervous system involvement. Craneal magnetic resonance images (MR) suggested demyelinization; brainstem auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials were abnormal. There was moderate pleocytosis in CSF and intratecal production of immunoglobulins with oligoclonal bands. Follow-up over a period of 2.5 years showed no clinical, MR or CSF changes in spite of continued opthamological impairment. Little is known about factors that affect the development or not of demyelinizing lesions in ED patients with neurological involvement demonstrated by intratecal production of immunoglobulins. Identification of such factors may contribute to our understanding of other diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio y Cátedra de Neurología, Hospital de Cruces, Universidad del País Vasco, Vizcaya.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antigüedad
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zarranz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Enfermedad de Eales con afectación de la sustancia blanca del sistema nervioso central.