J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 48(12); 2007 > Article
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2007;48(12):1716-1722.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2007.48.12.1716    Published online December 31, 2007.
A Case of Relapsing Polychondritis Complicated with Chorioretinitis without Scleritis.
Jae Seok Yim, Boo Sup Oum, Dong Park
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea. mology@hanmail.net
2Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University, College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
공막염 동반없이 맥락망막염이 발생한 재발성 다발 연골염 1예
임재석1,엄부섭2,박동1
Department of Ophthalmology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital1, Pusan, Korea Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan National University, College of Medicine2, Pusan, Korea
Correspondence:  Dong Park, M.D.
Abstract
PURPOSE
To report a case of relapsing polychondritis complicated with chorioretinitis without scleritis. CASE SUMMARY: A 35-year-old man who has been previously managed for relapsing polychondritis visited our the clinic because of blurred vision in his both eyes which had developed one month earlier. Although the corrected visual acuity was 1.0 in both eyes, Slit lamp examination of both eyes showed findings of anterior uveitis. Fundus examination showed a whitish-yellow lesion around the posterior pole in both eyes. He had bilateral auricular chondritis, saddle nose deformity, and respiratory difficult. The patient was treated with systemic steroid and prescribed topical 1% prednisolone acetate four times daily in both eyes. Four months later, fundus examination of both eyes showed improvement of chorioretinal lesion, but visual acuity had decreased constantly. Nine months later, chorioretinal lesion resolved and visual acuity improved in both eyes.
Key Words: Chorioretinitis;Relapsing polychondritis


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