ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To describe an unusual presentation of bilateral HIV-associated multifocal retinal infiltrates with phlebitis and optic neuropathy in a pediatric patient from Zimbabwe, Africa. METHODS: Retrospective case report of a 15-year-old boy from Zimbabwe, Africa. RESULTS: The patient was found to have bilateral vitritis, multifocal retinitis with phlebitis, and optic neuropathy in the setting of previously unrecognized HIV infection. Vision improved and the clinical findings resolved after treatment with intravenous corticosteroids and highly active retroviral therapy (HAART). CONCLUSION: The authors describe the occurrence and treatment of bilateral, HIV-associated multifocal retinal infiltrates with phlebitis and HIV-associated optic neuropathy in a pediatric patient from Zimbabwe, Africa.
Subject(s)
HIV Infections/complications , Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology , Phlebitis/etiology , Adolescent , Humans , Male , Retinitis/etiology , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and causes of vision loss in children with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease seen at a uveitis referral center in South India. METHODS: Charts of patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease examined in the uveitis referral clinic of Aravind Eye Hospital between January 1998 and December 2007 were reviewed. A subset of patients Subject(s)
Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/diagnosis
, Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/epidemiology
, Vision Disorders/diagnosis
, Vision Disorders/epidemiology
, Adolescent
, Child
, Female
, Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use
, Humans
, Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use
, India/epidemiology
, Male
, Prevalence
, Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome/drug therapy
, Vision Disorders/drug therapy
, Visual Acuity
