Do not stumble over the same "stone" twice: a case series of endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to severe systemic diseases.
BMC Ophthalmol
; 24(1): 214, 2024 May 17.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38760776
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is a rare but highly destructive eye emergency secondary to systemic infection. Acute endophthalmitis can lead to irreversible vision impairment or even loss of the whole eye, unless being diagnosed and treated promptly. CASE PRESENTATION This study reports three typical EE cases of endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to different severe systemic diseases. Patients were recruited from the Department of ophthalmology at Zhongnan hospital of Wuhan University and the Department of ophthalmology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University. Patients were followed up for up to 60 days. Among these cases, the eye symptoms is the initial manifestations while secondary to original different special systemic conditions. Patients have been treated under dynamically prompt response undergoing systemic treatment and eye treatment at the same time. Best corrected visual acuity were 20/40, 20/60 and light perception during follow-up evaluation.CONCLUSIONS:
Our observation suggest that prompt identification and treatment could save patients' vision from EE.Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Visual Acuity
/
Eye Infections, Bacterial
/
Endophthalmitis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
BMC Ophthalmol
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Country of publication: