1/5. Progressive subretinal fibrosis and blindness associated with multifocal granulomatous chorioretinitis: A variant of sympathetic ophthalmia.OBJECTIVE: To report a case of bilateral progressive subretinal fibrosis and blindness with multifocal granulomatous chorioretinitis occurring after intraocular surgery. We propose that this is a variant of sympathetic ophthalmia. DESIGN: Clinicopathologic case report. methods: The left enucleated globe was examined by histopathologic methods. The patient's sera were subjected to immunohistochemical studies against retinal antigens, and collagen 2 types in areas of fibrosis were identified. polymerase chain reaction was used to test for herpes virus dna in microdissected, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. RESULTS: The enucleated globe demonstrated histopathologic features similar to an entity previously described as progressive subretinal fibrosis with multifocal granulomatous chorioretinitis. The patient's sera demonstrated antibodies directed against retinal photoreceptors and pigment epithelium. Polymerase chain reaction for herpes virus was negative. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated types III, IV, V, and VI collagen in areas of fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical history along with the histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings suggest that progressive subretinal fibrosis with multifocal granulomatous chorioretinitis may represent a variant of sympathetic ophthalmia and that retinal autoimmunity may play a role in its pathogenesis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = antigen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/5. Birdshot retinochoroidopathy in monozygotic twins.Birdshot retinochoroidopathy is a rare ocular disorder which was named and delineated as a separate clinical entity by Ryan & Maumenee in 1980. We diagnosed birdshot retinochoroidopathy in a monozygotic pair of twins, who were affected with a time interval of 12 years, respectively. These are the first with birdshot retinochoroidopathy to be reported from the Nordic countries and the first report on this disorder in monozygotic twins. Due to night-blindness, visual field defects and a severely affected electroretinogram one of our cases initially was diagnosed as a choroidoretinal dystrophy. Birdshot retinochoroidopathy should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis in retinitis pigmentosa-like disorders with widespread choroidal involvement. Our cases substantiated the evidence of a strong correlation with the presence of HLA-A29 antigen.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = antigen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/5. Unusual manifestations of secondary syphilis and abnormal humoral immune response to treponema pallidum antigens in a homosexual man with asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection.The case presented here involves a 32-year-old homosexual man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity and unusual manifestations of secondary syphilis. The patient presented with syphilitic keratoderma and chorioretinitis, and his appearance superficially resembled that of a patient with Reiter's syndrome. Although nontreponemal and treponemal tests for syphilis showed reactivity, the patient's humoral immune response to individual polypeptides of treponema pallidum, measured by Western blot analysis, was markedly abnormal. The possible relationship between asymptomatic HIV infection and an abnormal humoral immune response to a second pathogen, in this case T. pallidum, is discussed. Our case is one of several recent cases of active syphilis reported in individuals with hiv seropositivity.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 4keywords = antigen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/5. Birdshot retinochoroidopathy associated with HLA-A29 antigen and immune responsiveness to retinal S-antigen.Antigen HLA-A29 was present in 16 of 20 patients (80%) with birdshot retinochoroidopathy, but only in 31 of 418 controls (7.4%) (P less than .0001). The relative risk for this disease in persons possessing HLA-A29 antigen was 49.9, one of the highest reported. Of the 20 patients, 13 were also tested for evidence of an in vitro mitotic immune response to purified retinal S-antigen. Of these, 12 (92.3%) responded to the purified preparation, whereas one responded only to a crude retinal homogenate. The histopathologic and clinical findings in an eye from one of the responders to the S-antigen were similar to those in the disease induced in monkeys with the S-antigen. Our findings suggested that birdshot retinochoroidopathy has a genetic predisposition and that retinal autoimmunity, resulting from the S-antigen or other retinal antigens, plays a role in the manifestation of this disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 14keywords = antigen (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/5. hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus and the congenital rubella syndrome.A male patient born to a mother who developed rubella during the tenth week of gestation presented a typical congenital rubella syndrome with mental retardation, neuro-sensory deafness, hypoplasia of the dental enamel and chorioretinitis. hyperthyroidism occurred at the age of 3 10/12 years and was treated successfully with propylthiouracil for 4 years. The course was complicated by premature craniosynostosis and a craniectomy was performed at the age of 7 years. Overt diabetes mellitus developed at 17 years and was well controlled by insulin therapy. Histocompatilibity (HLA) antigens were A2, B8, B40. diabetes mellitus and thyroid disorders have previously been reported after congenital rubella, and recently after congenital cytomegalovirus infection. Our patient had both endocrinopaties. It is possible that HLA B8 antigens might be responsible for increased susceptibility to rubella infection.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = antigen (Clic here for more details about this article) |