Gout attack with unusual ocular complications.
Uveitis is reported in vanishingly small numbers in gout. This case with bilateral uveitis, increased intraocular pressure and blurred disc margins may unravel strange ocular complications of the disease and arise awareness of gout while prescribing diuretics and cyclosporine in patients with uveitis and increased intraocular pressure.
First Ophthalmology Department, Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. fatmayulekt@yahoo.com
Fatma
F
Yülek
Nurullah
N
Cağil
Nagehan
N
Orhan
Inci K
IK
Midillioğlu
Sükran
S
Erten
Saban
S
Simşek
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications*; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000503:physiopathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014130:Trabeculectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D004232:Diuretics; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D016572:Cyclosporine; D011239:Prednisolone; D003078:Colchicine