• Title of article

    Purpoe To report a cae of nodular cleriti and panuveiti aociated with erythema elevatum diutinum, a rare immunocomplex-mediated kin dieae. Deign Obervational cae report. Method A 22-year-old woman who wa diagnoed with erythema elevatum diutinum developed

  • Author/Authors

    Theerapong Krajaejun، نويسنده , , Rungnapa Pracharktam، نويسنده , , ananee Wongwaiayawan، نويسنده , , Mana Rochanawutinon، نويسنده , , Mongkol Kunakorn، نويسنده , , kowrat Kunaviarut، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    370
  • To page
    372
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To increae awarene of ocular pythioi by preenting a typical cae and ummarizing clinical data of 11 ocular pythioi cae in Ramathibodi Hopital. Deign Interventional cae report. Method A 48-year-old healthy woman with a hitory of 3-week painful corneal ulcer of left eye wa treated with enucleation. Reult The hitopathology of enucleated eye revealed endophthalmiti and ulcerative keratiti with numerou hyphae in full-thickne of corneal troma. The culture identification of the cauative organim wa Pythium inidioum. The final diagnoi wa ocular pythioi. Concluion Pythium inidioum i a cauative agent of pythioi and i ditributed worldwide. Ocular pythioi may not be uncommon, a it may be underdiagnoed due to unfamiliarity among clinician and microbiologit. Diagnoi of pythioi i difficult. The dieae ha high morbidity, a evidenced by nearly eviceration or enucleation among all patient at Ramathibodi Hopital. Early detection and effective treatment are needed for poible cure.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    624682