Title of article :
Unilateral uveiti induced by a nonionic iodinated contrat agent
Author/Authors :
Eveline Welzl-Hinterk?rner، نويسنده , , Mark Haefner، نويسنده , , Bernard Mengiardi، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Abstract :
Purpoe
To report recurrent unilateral uveiti after computed tomography (CT) enhanced by the contrat agent iopamidol.
Deign
Obervational cae report.
Method
A 44-year-old man with a hitory of mixed-cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, tage I B (axillar, infraclavicular, ubpectoral lymphoma) wa under remiion after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The contrat-enhanced CT can performed every 3 month were within hour followed by a marked unilateral anterior uveiti, vitriti, and retinal bleeding. ymptom reolved with topical corticoteroid treatment within a week.
Reult
We oberved recurrent unilateral uveiti after intravenouly application of 150 ml of iopamidol for contrat-enhanced CT can in a patient with lymphoma in remiion.
Concluion
Iopamidol may induce uveiti under certain circumtance. We ugget a coincidence of immunologic mechanim with predipoing dicrete vacular radiation damage.
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology