title: Bilateral intermediate uveitis with appearance of frosted branch angiitis and association with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 12-year-old girl presented with acute bilateral visual loss following a mild upper respiratory tract infection. Clinical examination revealed bilateral severe peripheral retinal vasculitis with an appearance of frosted branch angiitis and cystoid macular edema. All tests for etiological diagnosis were negative, apart from positive IgM and IgG antibodies for Mycoplasma pneumoniae. She was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and intravenous corticosteroids. She responded to treatment, with dramatic improvement of her visual acuity, remission of angiitis, and a residual macular star formation. This is the first reported case of bilateral intermediate uveitis possibly associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki. Electronic address: art.matsou@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Artemis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsou
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riga
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samouilidou
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dimitrakos
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anastasopoulos
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*; D015867:Uveitis, Intermediate / Q000150:complications*