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Un varón de 51 años de edad con antecedentes de tuberculosis (TB) pulmonar en el año 2000, tratado por régimen 2RHZE/4RH. Presentó una recurrencia de TB con baciloscopía positiva y sensible a la rifampicina (Figura 1). Recibió etambutol (15 mg/kg/día), isoniacida (300 mg/día), rifampicina (600 mg/día) y pirazinamida (25mg/Kg/ día), más piridoxina 150 mg/ día. Tres meses después, el paciente presentó pérdida de la agudeza visual (AV) en ambos ojos (AO): 1/10 ojo derecho y 2/10 ojo izquierdo.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Optic Nerve Diseases/therapy , Ethambutol/adverse effects , Medical IllustrationABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The retina is an uncommon site for metastases, in particular from solid tumors. Some authors have reported a recent increase in the incidence of metastases in infrequent sites, such as brain or bone, probably due to the expanded treatment options and the resulting improved survival. Choroidal metastasis is the most common type of intraocular malignancy. The most common primary sites associated with choroidal metastasis are breast cancer in women and lung cancer in men. Treatment options are limited, but they must be discussed and adapted to the patient profile. CASES PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 62-year-old Moroccan man with a history of monophthalmitis secondary to a war injury of 30 years' duration. He has been followed for 28 months for metastatic clear-cell renal carcinoma. The first-line treatment was effective for 24 months, before disease progression as retinal metastasis and accentuation of lung metastases. A second-line treatment with everolimus resulted in marked improvement of symptoms, complete recovery of visual function, and partial response in retinal localization. CONCLUSIONS: Choroidal metastasis of renal cancer is a rare situation that must be actively sought in order to arrive at a suitable therapeutic approach.
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Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/drug therapy , Everolimus/therapeutic use , Eye Injuries , Kidney Neoplasms/pathology , Retinal Neoplasms/drug therapy , War-Related Injuries , Carcinoma, Renal Cell/secondary , Disease Progression , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Lung Neoplasms/secondary , Male , Middle Aged , Retinal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Retinal Neoplasms/secondary , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Our study aimed to determine the clinical, therapeutic and prognostic features of ocular involvement in patients with Behçet's disease treated in our Department of ophthalmology. We conducted a retrospective data collection from medical records of 20 patients treated at the military hospital in Laayoune. All patients underwent complete ophthalmological examination and fluorescein angiography if necessary. OCT exam was performed in two patients. Ten patients had anterior uveitis, complicated in one case by ocular hypertonia; two patients had intermediate uveitis; eight patients had posterior segment involvement complicated in one case by intravitreal hemorrhage. Behcet's Disease (BD) is an systemic idiopathic inflammatory disease currently classified within primary non-necrotizing vasculitis. Ocular involvement is common and severe in Behçet's disease, with the potential to compromise the visual prognosis. Behcet's disease is common in Morocco. It can compromise patient's visual prognosis making the collaboration between ophthalmologists and internists particularly important.
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Behcet Syndrome/complications , Eye Diseases/etiology , Fluorescein Angiography/methods , Uveitis, Anterior/etiology , Adult , Behcet Syndrome/diagnosis , Behcet Syndrome/physiopathology , Eye Diseases/diagnosis , Eye Diseases/physiopathology , Female , Hospitals, Military , Humans , Male , Morocco , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Severity of Illness Index , Uveitis, Anterior/diagnosis , Uveitis, Anterior/pathologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Scleritis is a painful inflammatory process centered in the sclera that may involve the cornea and the underlying uvea. The etiology is commonly idiopathic or autoimmune but some cases are associated with systemic infection such as tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: In this report, we describe an unusual case of a female Moroccan patient who had a long history of bilateral recurrent scleritis associated with peripheral keratopathy and anterior uveitis. The patient was diagnosed with latent tuberculosis and responded to antitubercular therapy administrated after exclusion of other aetiologies. This patient was finally diagnosed with latent tuberculosis- related scleritis. CONCLUSIONS: Although systemic tuberculosis is reported as a possible cause of scleritis and other ocular inflammatory manifestations, assessment of the diagnosis of tuberculosis-related ocular inflammation is challenging especially in latent forms. The treatment is largely presumptive. However, a favorable response to antitubercular therapy without relapse is taken as evidence of the disease.