title: Fluorescein angiographic features of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explain fluorescein angiographic features in patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four consecutive patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome seen at Uveitis Service of Okayama University Hospital from 1995 to 2000.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients' characteristics obtained from medical records were analyzed. In addition, characteristics of 15 patients reported previously as case reports in the Japanese literature were reviewed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical and fluorescein angiographic features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The present four patients showed varying degrees of retinal capillary leakage on fluorescein angiography, ranging from capillary leakage limited to the peripheral fundus to cystoid macular edema. The same angiographic features were found in 15 patients reported previously in the Japanese literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retinal capillary leakage of varying degrees was a common fluorescein angiographic feature in patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome. Fluorescein angiography is valuable in assessing the extent of retinal involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama City 700-8558, Japan. matsuot@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019559:Capillary Leak Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*