BACKGROUND We report a case of a HLA-B27 negative patient presenting with severe, bilateral, idiopathic acute anterior uveitis with acute hypotony and hypotony maculopathy as their first uveitic episode. CASE PRESENTATION Within a week of onset of her first episode of acute anterior uveitis, a 45 year-old Caucasian lady developed profound ocular hypotony with unrecordable intraocular pressure...

BACKGROUND To document the characteristics of syphilitic patients who present with ocular uveitis clinically and are diagnosed by an ophthalmologist first. METHODS Retrospective chart review of uveitis patients in the department of ophthalmology between 1992 and 2004 was done. We included only those patients with positive serologic tests, active ocular uveitis, and record of detailed examinat...

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BACKGROUND Nivolumab is a fully human antibody which is routinely used at first therapy for metastatic melanoma. Usually, side effects are immune-related adverse events. We report a case of a man who developed bilateral anterior uveitis and macular serous retinal detachment during nivolumab treatment for metastatic melanoma. CASE PRESENTATION A man on nivolumab treatment for a leg melanoma wi...

we report a 32-year-old man with behçet’s disease who had simultaneous bilateral anterior uveitis, unilateral nodular scleritis and occlusive vasculitis with retinal hemorrhages at the same time. though scleritis is not considered within  the classical features of behçet’s disease behçet’s disease should be contemplated in the scleritis etiology.

This report describes a unique case of coexisting necrobiotic xanthogranuloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a patient presenting with scleritis and uveitis. A 53-year-old Caucasian man diagnosed with anterior uveitis and scleritis for the prior year was referred to our uveitis clinic for further evaluation. Prior uveitis/scleritis workup performed by the referring ophthalmologist was nega...