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The association between anterior uveitis (AU) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has always been known. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of this association and to consider a possible role of the cell-mediated immune system. During the years 1989-1992, 196 diabetics (66 patients affected by type I DM and 130 by type II DM) were studied. The study of the lymphocytic subsets and the measurement of the circulating immunocomplexes and autoantibodies (ANA, AMA, ADNA, ASMA, APCA) were carried out, and the results were compared with those of a control group. The results underline the correlation between AU and type I DM. Many immunological reactions could play a crucial role: the high levels of CD8 subsets found could be an expression of the unstable lymphocytic equilibrium.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/inmunología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/inmunología , Uveítis Anterior/inmunología , Complejo Antígeno-Anticuerpo/inmunología , Autoanticuerpos/análisis , Relación CD4-CD8 , Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos/inmunología , Linfocitos T CD8-positivos/inmunología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/complicaciones , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunidad Celular , Incidencia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Uveítis Anterior/complicacionesRESUMEN
We report a rare casse of optic nerve involvement as the first sign of systemic sarcoidosis. A 43-year-old white woman presented with visual loss in her right eye, and the clinical appearance of optic nerve head swelling. Visual acuity was reduced to 20/200, and the only clinical signs were the presence of an enlarged optic nerve head, with engorged retinal veins and flame-shaped haemorrhages. Computed tomography scans showed an enlarged orbital portion of the right optic nerve, which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. With a diagnosis of optic nerve tumour (possibly glioma) a surgical resection of the tumour was performed. Histopathology showed multiple nodular granulomas with epithelioid cells, consisted with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This was confirmed by systemic involvement of the parotids and liver. We review the literature and consider all possible involvement of the optic nerve in sarcoidosis. The rarity of systemic sarcoidosis with a first manifestation as papilloedema is discussed.
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Granuloma/diagnóstico , Enfermedades del Nervio Óptico/diagnóstico , Sarcoidosis/diagnóstico , Adulto , Femenino , Angiografía con Fluoresceína , Fondo de Ojo , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Nervio Óptico/diagnóstico por imagen , Nervio Óptico/patología , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Agudeza VisualRESUMEN
The possibility of a relationship between pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) and lens opacity was studied. For this research, we used an opacity lens meter, the function of which is based on a back light scattering quantitation system. This instrument gives us an objective, reproducible, and numerically quantifiable measurement of the opacity of the lens. The lens opacity values measured in 91 PEX-positive eyes were compared with those measured in a control group of 100 normal eyes. This comparison showed that PEX-positive eyes always had higher lens opacity values than did normal ones, and this result was statistically significant (P = .01).