A change in ocular involvement in a patient suffering from ankylosing spondylitis and Behçet's disease.
We report a case of a young man suffering from both ankylosing spondylitis and Behçet's disease in whom the character of the ocular involvement changed according to the predominant disease at a given time. When the clinical picture was one of ankylosing spondylitis, only anterior uveitis was observed, while the clinical picture of Behçet's disease occurred with panuveitis and retinal vasculitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature of two different patterns of ocular involvement in the same patient with two seronegative arthritides.
Beiran
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Department of Ophthalmology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Scharf
J
J
Dori
D
D
Miller
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001167:Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D009883:Ophthalmic Solutions; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011241:Prednisone