title: Visual rehabilitation in pre phthisis bulbi's patient: case report.
abstract: Uveitis is a group of intraocular inflammatory diseases that affects mainly patients of working age. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a chronic, granulomatous, systemic and autoimmune disease with manifestations in the eye, skin, and hearing and nervous systems. Ocular complications include cataract, glaucoma, choroidal neovascular membrane formation, and subretinal fibrosis, which can lead to phthisis bulbi with profound low vision or even blindness. The purpose of this article is to present the visual rehabilitation of a young patient with pre phthisis bulbi as a complication of the uveitis. During the active stage of the disease the patient quit her studies in a crucial phase of her life. After clinical treatment and surgery, training program of optical device adaptation and residual visual optimization were performed. Due to the great patient's motivation, it was possible to reintegrate her to social life.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. pricf18@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Priscila Ciocler
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Froiman
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Villas Bôas Júnior
authors.forename: Maria Auxiliadora Monteiro Frazão
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sibinelli
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veitzman
authors.forename: Giceli Rodrigues Chaves
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Rinaldo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult