Subretinal fluid in the diagnosis of posterior scleritis.

Abstract

The etiology of subretinal mass lesions is very difficult to establish. A 28-year-old man presented to us with an area of choroiditis, which progressed, despite corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy, to an exudative retinal detachment, secondary glaucoma and a painful blind eye. To develop a means of identifying the cause of such lesions, we did a subretinal fluid tap prior to enucleation. Cytopathology showed only inflammatory cells and the final histopathological diagnosis was that of a granulomatous scleritis.

• Authors: H K Tewari, R Shiota, R V Azad, K K Gupta, P K Khosla
• Journal: Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology (Aust N Z J Ophthalmol) Vol. 18 Issue 3 Pg. 353-6 (Aug 1990) ISSN: 0814-9763 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 2261185 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Prednisolone

Topics

• Adult
• Blindness (etiology)
• Body Fluids
• Choroiditis (diagnosis, etiology)
• Eye Enucleation
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Fundus Oculi
• Glaucoma (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Prednisolone
• Retinal Detachment (etiology)
• Scleritis (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
• Visual Acuity