Friday, March 23, 2007

Eales Disease

Eales Disease (Periphlebitis)

General:
Common; young adults.

Ocular: Sheathing of peripheral veins; hemorrhage in new vessels and later retinal detachment; retinal vascular tortuosity; microaneurysms of retina; postneovascularization of vitreous; internuclear ophthalmoplegia.

Clinical: Epilepsy and hemiplegia have been reported; chronic encephalitis; ulcerative colitis; central nervous infarction.

Atabay C, et al. Eales disease with internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Ann Ophthalmol 1992; 24:267-269.

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Katz B, et al. Eales' disease with central nervous infarction. Ann Ophthalmol 1991; 23:460-463.

Pomonis E, et al. Report of Eales' disease and ulcerative colitis in the same patient. Am J Gastroenterol 1992; 87: 1531-1532.

Weber F, Conrad B. Chronic encephalitis and Eales disease. J Neurol 1993; 240:299-391.

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