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Case Report Volume 8 Issue 1
Unilateral Multiple Serous Retinal Detachments in Polycythemia Vera Patient
Hamzeh A, Oudeh M, Marashi A
Received: January 01, 1971 | Published: February 16, 2018
Citation: Hamzeh A, Oudeh M, Marashi A (2018) Unilateral Multiple Serous Retinal Detachments in Polycythemia Vera Patient. Adv Ophthalmol Vis Syst 8(2): 00267. DOI: 10.15406/aovs.2018.08.00267
Abstract
1.1.Purpose: To report a case with new signs that could be caused by polycythemia vera itself or just acoincidence and managing it with systemic steroids.
1.2.Methods: This was interventional case report, of a 59-year-old patient with polycythemia vera,presented with acute unilateral vision loss. Ophthalmological investigation revealed multiple serous retinal detachments with mild anterior chamber reaction these signs look similar to ocular signs of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, but in one eye and without systematic involvement of VKH. Polycythemia vera is a haematological disease that causes an increase number of red blood cells. The patient red blood cells were normal and he was compliance with Polycythemia vera treatment. All infectious tests were negative as well as autoimmune disease markers. Unilateral probable VKH disease was our diagnosis, patient was managed.
1.3.Results: Polycythemia vera is a haematological disease that have a few ocular symptoms. These signs includemultiple serous retinal detachments with uveitis that respond well to corticosteroids.
1.4.Conclusion: Systematic corticosteroids which show a remarkable improvement in ocular signs andsymptoms of Polycythemia vera that mimic VKH.
Keywords: Right eye, Left eye, Polycythemia vera, Vogt-koyanagi-harada, Optical coherence tomography, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, Antinuclear antibody, Rheumatoid arthritis, Ophthalmia, BCVA
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