The idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome is a disease characterized by multiple retinal macroaneurysms, neuroretinitis and peripheral capillary nonperfusion. Visual loss may result from either ischemia-related complications or macular involvement. Treatment is not always rewarding. We report a case with stage 2 IRVAN syndrome who was successfully treated ...

PURPOSE We present the case of a young woman with optic disc drusen and peripheral vasculitis. METHODS Diagnosis was based on fundoscopic, optical coherence tomography as well as fluorescein angiography (FA) findings. RESULTS An asymptomatic 34-year-old female patient with no systemic pathology was referred to our hospital from her optician for retinal findings. Fundoscopy revealed mild dis...

Aim: To assess efficacy and complications of trans-Tenon’s retrobulbar infusion of triamcinolone acetonide for posterior uveitic inflammation. Methods: Non-randomised, uncontrolled, retrospective study of 51 eyes of 37 patients who underwent triamcinolone infusion for vitritis, cystoid macular oedema (CMO), or posterior retinal vasculitis using a long blunt cannula via an incision made through ...

A 61-year-old vascular patient presented with headache and subacute blindness in the left eye. Remaining American College of Rheumatology criteria were negative. Sonography of the temporal artery revealed no halo sign, but due to low sensitivity, vasculitis could not be excluded. Transorbital examination revealed hyperechogenic retrobulbar spot sign (figure), which is highly specific for emboli...