Retinal vasculitis in Susac syndrome: case report.
A 29 year old male was admitted at the emergency room suffering from gradually worsening headache followed by nausea. In the hospital patient presented with lethargy, reduction of consciousness level and bilateral hypoacusis. Ophthalmic examination and fluorescein angiography showed retinal vasculitis. This finding was crucial to the diagnosis of Susac syndrome, a rare disease characterized by vasculopathy of retina, encephalic tissues and cochlea. Patient was treated with immunosuppressors to prevent him from developing severe sequelae of this disease.
Milbratz
Gherusa Helena
GH
Hospital Governador Celso Ramos, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. gherusa1983@yahoo.com.br
Marquardt
Francisco Azevedo
FA
Guimarães Neto
Heriberto Pinto
HP
Marquardt
Daniel Azevedo
DA
Souza
Eduardo Soares Maia Vieira de
ES
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013577:Syndrome