title: Retinal vasculitis revealed by fluorescein angiography in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Fluorescein angiography was performed to examine retinal vascular abnormalities in five consecutive patients with inflammatory bowel disease seen during the 2 years from April 1995 to March 1997, in a university hospital. All patients showed dye leakage from retinal capillaries in the peripheral fundi of both eyes. Other ocular findings included iritis in both eyes of two patients and clinically significant macular edema in the unilateral eye of one patient. This study indicates that subclinical retinal vasculitis, revealed only by fluorescein angiography, is present in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007500:Iritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019793:Fluorescein