To our knowledge, bilateral panuveitis and multifocal retinitis/vasculitis have not been described previously in association with leucocytoclastic vasculitis. We describe a patient with bilateral panuveitis associated with multifocal retinitis/vasculitis who also had multiple purpuric, palpable skin lesions. Biopsies of the skin lesions were diagnostic of leucocytoclastic vasculitis. An extensi...

AIMS To study the long-term results of vitrectomy and silicone oil injection in AIDS patients with retinal detachment due to viral retinitis. METHODS A consecutive series of 83 eyes in 75 AIDS patients who were treated with vitrectomy and silicone oil for retinal detachment due to viral retinitis was studied prospectively and followed until the last patient in the series had died. RESULTS M...

OBJECTIVE To identify the magnitude of ocular complications in HIV infection in Chiang Mai, and determine the signs or symptoms that indicate the risk factors for developing ocular complications in HIV-positive patients METHOD A prospective study was carried out in newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients seen in the Ocular Infectious Disease Clinic of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital from Mar...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal dystrophy caused by the loss of photoreceptors and characterized by retinal pigment deposits visible on fundus examination. Prevalence of non syndromic RP is approximately 1/4,000. The most common form of RP is a rod-cone dystrophy, in which the first symptom is night blindness, followed by the progressive loss in the peripheral visual field in ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is known to be the most common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised cases, and CMV retinitis ocular manifestation. Severe with involvement of macula or retinal necrosis can lead vision loss. Prompt diagnosis treatment restrict disease's progression. We describe case a 30-year-old man who presented chief complaint progressive diminution both eyes for 15 days. Diminu...