A chorioretinal lesion in a patient with Kimura's disease.
A 47-year-old male patient with Kimura's disease showed a white and slightly elevated choroidal lesion surrounded by serous retinal detachment in his left eye. Serological examination revealed esinophilia. Swelling in his left cheek had been increasing during a period of 20 years, and diagnosis of Kimura's disease had been made earlier by biopsy. Fluorescein angiography suggested disturbance of choroidal circulation and dysfunction of retinal pigment epithelium. After corticosteroid therapy, improvement was seen in the fundus findings, the swelling in the cheek and eosinophilia.
Department of Ophthalmology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Aonuma
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Kawamura
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Ohara
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Takahashi
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Ueno
D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone