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A. Osman Saatci, MD; Eser Paa, MD; Meltem F. Söylev, MD; Nilüfer Koçak, MD; Ismet Durak, MD

Süleyman Kaynak, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:1568.

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A 21-year-old man noticed blurry vision in his right eye. Two weeks before the event, he had severe irritation of his left eye, which was blind since early childhood. His visual acuity was 20/200 OD. Slitlamp examination revealed trace cells in the anterior chamber and mild vitreous inflammation in the right eye. A perforated anterior staphyloma was noted in the left eye (Figure 1). Ophthalmoscopic examination of the right eye disclosed multifocal placoid serous retinal detachments in the posterior pole (Figure 2). Fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography were performed (Figure 3). The clinical diagnosis was sympathetic ophthalmia. The patient was immediately treated with 250 mg of methylprednisolone intravenously every 6 hours for 3 days and then switched to 80 mg of oral . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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