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Jun, 2002

Submacular exudates with serous retinal detachment caused by cat scratch disease

OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION
  • T Matsuo
  • ,
  • M Kato

Volume
10
Number
2
First page
147
Last page
150
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1076/ocii.10.2.147.13979
Publisher
SWETS ZEITLINGER PUBLISHERS

Purpose: To present submacular exudates as a manifestation of cat scratch disease. Methods: Report of two cases. Results: The first patient, a 34-year-old man, developed submacular exudates with serous retinal detachment ten days after having axillary lymphadenopathy and fever. The second patient, a 30-year-old woman, developed submacular exudates with serous retinal detachment mimicking central serous chorioretinopathy. Fluorescein angiography revealed late staining of the subretinal lesions in both cases. The lesion resolved spontaneously in the first patient, while sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim was required for the second patient. Both patients had a positive IgG titer for Bartonella henselae. Conclusions: Submacular exudates with serous retinal detachment can occur in cat scratch disease. Cat scratch disease should be included in the differential diagnosis of submacular exudates with central serous chorioretinopathy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1076/ocii.10.2.147.13979
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12778351
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000182984400008&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1076/ocii.10.2.147.13979
  • ISSN : 0927-3948
  • Pubmed ID : 12778351
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000182984400008

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