A Case of Frosted Branch Angiitis.

Lee, Yong Man; Lim, Sun Taek; Choi, Gwang Ju; Lee, Moon Key

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(8):1278-1282.
Published online August 1, 1995.

A Case of Frosted Branch Angiitis.

Yong Man Lee, Sun Taek Lim, Gwang Ju Choi, Moon Key Lee

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chosun University Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University, Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.

눈꽃 모양 망막혈관염 1 예

최광주(Gwang Ju Choi),이용만(Yong Man Lee),임선택(Sun Taek Lim),이문기(Moon Key Lee)

Abstract

Frosted branch angiitis menifests with acute visual loss in an otherwise young healthy patient. The fundus findings are dramatic and characterized by severe white sheathing of the retinal vessels. A variable amount of anterior chamber and vitreous inflammation also occur. Fluorescein angiography demonstrates leakage of dye from the retinal vessels with no evidence of vascular stasis or occlusion. The clinical findings respond dramatically to systemic corticosteroids. The authors experienced a case of frosted branch angiitis which occured in 5year-old female whose fundus findings were marked white sheathing and macular thicking.

Key Words: Acute visual loss;Frosted branch angitis;Leakage;Sheathing;Systemic corticosteroid