Subretinales Granulom, retinale Vaskulitis und Keratouveitis mit sekundärem Offenwinkelglaukom bei Schistosomiasis
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Subretinales Granulom, retinale Vaskulitis und Keratouveitis mit sekundärem Offenwinkelglaukom bei Schistosomiasis. / Bialasiewicz, A A; Hassenstein, A; Schaudig, U.
in: OPHTHALMOLOGE, Jahrgang 98, Nr. 10, 01.10.2001, S. 972-5.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Subretinales Granulom, retinale Vaskulitis und Keratouveitis mit sekundärem Offenwinkelglaukom bei Schistosomiasis
AU - Bialasiewicz, A A
AU - Hassenstein, A
AU - Schaudig, U
PY - 2001/10/1
Y1 - 2001/10/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: More than 250 million people in Africa and Asia currently suffer from schistosomiasis, however, ocular manifestations of this disease are rare in Germany. PATIENT AND FOLLOW-UP: We present the case of a 32-year-old patient from Gambia who had been resident in Germany for 3 years and suffered from a painful persistent diarrhoea, fever and a reduction of visual acuity (R > L). On admission, the patient reported a schistosomiasis in 1994, which was diagnosed by a skin test and was not adequately treated because of the side-effects of praziquantel. Vision was OD-0.75 sph 0.8, OS sc 1.0, IOD OD 31, OS 18 mmHg. Biomicroscopy: R > L fatty retrocorneal precipitates, especially in the lower circumference (ARLT), large inflammatory cells and Tyndall ++, vitreous with large inflammatory cells, Fundus: OD at 11 o'clock large subretinal granuloma in the periphery. Serum lysozyme was elevated (22.2 mg/l, normal range 10-17 mg/l), a syphilis stage II-III (TPHA 1:5000, VDRL neg.) and an IgG-antibody titre for Schistosoma mansoni of > 30 micrograms/ml was detected by enzyme immunoassay. In the faeces and urine no schistosoma eggs were found. Before the specific treatment for schistosomiasis could be initiated, the patient left the hospital because of reduced ocular pain due to the corticosteroids and fear of the side-effects of the treatment.DISCUSSION: In patients who present a subretinal granuloma and report a painful persistent diarrhoea, schistosomiasis, which is one of the most frequent tropical diseases should be considered, even if they have been living in central Europe for several years. Although the disease cannot become established due to the lack of specific hosts in this area, a curative treatment should be enforced in order to prevent late manifestations of chronic inflammatory organ manifestations.
AB - BACKGROUND: More than 250 million people in Africa and Asia currently suffer from schistosomiasis, however, ocular manifestations of this disease are rare in Germany. PATIENT AND FOLLOW-UP: We present the case of a 32-year-old patient from Gambia who had been resident in Germany for 3 years and suffered from a painful persistent diarrhoea, fever and a reduction of visual acuity (R > L). On admission, the patient reported a schistosomiasis in 1994, which was diagnosed by a skin test and was not adequately treated because of the side-effects of praziquantel. Vision was OD-0.75 sph 0.8, OS sc 1.0, IOD OD 31, OS 18 mmHg. Biomicroscopy: R > L fatty retrocorneal precipitates, especially in the lower circumference (ARLT), large inflammatory cells and Tyndall ++, vitreous with large inflammatory cells, Fundus: OD at 11 o'clock large subretinal granuloma in the periphery. Serum lysozyme was elevated (22.2 mg/l, normal range 10-17 mg/l), a syphilis stage II-III (TPHA 1:5000, VDRL neg.) and an IgG-antibody titre for Schistosoma mansoni of > 30 micrograms/ml was detected by enzyme immunoassay. In the faeces and urine no schistosoma eggs were found. Before the specific treatment for schistosomiasis could be initiated, the patient left the hospital because of reduced ocular pain due to the corticosteroids and fear of the side-effects of the treatment.DISCUSSION: In patients who present a subretinal granuloma and report a painful persistent diarrhoea, schistosomiasis, which is one of the most frequent tropical diseases should be considered, even if they have been living in central Europe for several years. Although the disease cannot become established due to the lack of specific hosts in this area, a curative treatment should be enforced in order to prevent late manifestations of chronic inflammatory organ manifestations.
KW - Adult
KW - Animals
KW - Antibodies, Helminth
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Eye Diseases
KW - Glaucoma, Open-Angle
KW - Granuloma
KW - Humans
KW - Immunoenzyme Techniques
KW - Immunoglobulin G
KW - Keratitis
KW - Male
KW - Retinal Diseases
KW - Retinal Vessels
KW - Schistosoma mansoni
KW - Schistosomiasis mansoni
KW - Uveitis
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
C2 - 11699321
VL - 98
SP - 972
EP - 975
JO - OPHTHALMOLOGE
JF - OPHTHALMOLOGE
SN - 0941-293X
IS - 10
ER -