Presentation preference | Poster presentation |
Title | Inherited Retinal Dystrophy with Uveitis |
Accept poster if oral is not possible ? | Yes |
Purpose | Presentation of a rare case of a 7 yr old girl with rod-cone dystrophy that presented with acute diminution of vision due to acute onset of intermediate uveitis with CME, disc edema, vitritis and retinal vasculitis |
Methods | Well documented and imaged case of a 7yr old female with negative consanguinity of the parents presenting with acute loss of vision following 1 week of high fever due to onset of uveitis |
Results | Patient was referred for genetic work-up and started on systemic immunomodulatory therapy for management of her uveitis and preserve her tubular vision |
Conclusion | Inherited retinal dystrophy can be associated with non-infectious ocular inflammation in the form of intermediate uveitis that benefits from systemic immunosuppression |
Conflict of interest | No |
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Last name | AMIN |
Initials of first name(s) | RH |
Department | Ophthalmology Department |
City | Cairo |
Country | Egypt |