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Atypical Bilateral Fuchs Uveitis: Diagnostic Challenges

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Title
Atypical Bilateral Fuchs Uveitis: Diagnostic Challenges
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Case Reports in Ophthalmology, September 2015
DOI 10.1159/000439081
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Cristóbal Couto, Erika Hurtado, Dana Faingold, Carmen Demetrio, Ariel Schlaen, Marcelo Zas, Jorge Zarate, Silvia Rosetti, Andrea Paes de Lima, Juan Oscar Croxatto, Pablo Chiaradía, Miguel N. Burnier

Abstract

Bilateral Fuchs uveitis associated with vitreous infiltration and posterior segment involvement requires a thorough diagnostic evaluation. The lack of well-defined diagnostic criteria makes identification of this entity difficult. The aim of this case report was to present the characteristics of a patient with atypical Fuchs uveitis and the procedures needed to rule out the differential diagnosis with specific attention to the utility of in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM). One case of chronic bilateral uveitis with severe vitreous opacities is presented. After extensive systemic workup, including vitrectomy, the case had no identifiable systemic etiology. IVCM of the cornea revealed the presence of dendritiform keratic precipitates. The diagnosis of Fuchs uveitis is based on clinical findings as no confirmatory laboratory tests are available. A high index of suspicion is key to an early diagnosis, especially in the cases with vitreous opacities and posterior segment manifestations. Auxiliary tests such as IVCM may aid the clinician in the diagnosis of Fuchs uveitis.

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Unknown 8 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 2 25%
Student > Master 2 25%
Student > Bachelor 1 13%
Professor 1 13%
Researcher 1 13%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 75%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 13%
Unknown 1 13%
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