title: Cat-scratch disease: unusual perivascular chorioretinal lesions.
abstract: This study is a case report of bilateral perivascular chorioretinal lesions associated with Bartonella henselae. A 37-year-old woman presented with headache and blurred vision in both eyes aggravating occasionally during five years. She was otherwise healthy, with best-corrected visual acuities were 20/20 in both eyes. History of close contact with cats was more than merely eye-catching upon examination of her fundus. In both eyes, fundi were coated with yellow-brown pigmented perivenous chorioretinal lesions along the superotemporal and inferotemporal vascular arcades and their branches. The perivenous lesions were associated with vascular fibrous bands and corresponding changes in vascular calibers. There were no associated intraocular inflammatory signs in both eyes. The serologic tests confirmed the diagnosis of cat-scratch disease. The patient received no treatment, and she was followed for three years without any signs of ocular inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology/Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, DunyaGoz Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sahin
keywords: Bartonellahenselae; Cat-scratch Disease; Chorioretinal Lesions; Retinal Vascular Lesions