[Anterior optic neuritis do to ulcerative colitis].
OBJECTIVE
We present the case of a 27 year old woman with acute bilateral loss of vision associated with abdominalgia, bloody diarrhea and arthralgia. In the present article, the different forms of ocular complications in relationship to chronic intestinal inflammations and their possible causes are discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
On examination, bilateral anterior uveitis associated to a picture of optic nerve lesion compatible with a bilateral anterior optic neuritis was observed. The patient was diagnosed of ulcerative colitis by intestinal biopsy. The ocular affectation resolved after the ulcerative colitis was treated with systemic mesalamine.
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Reus, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Rovira y Virgili, España.
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Romero Aroca
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Salvat Serra
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Perena Soriano
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Martínez Salcedo
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*