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Purpose: To quantitatively analyze in vivo morphology of subfoveal choroid during an acute attack of Behçet uveitis. Methods: In this prospective study, 28 patients with Behçet uveitis of <= 4-year duration, and 28 control subjects underwent enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography. A novel custom software was used to calculate choroidal stroma-to-choroidal vessel lumen ratio. Subfoveal choroidal thickness was measured at fovea and 750 mu m nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior to fovea. Patients underwent fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography. Receiver operating characteristic curve and area under the curve were computed for central foveal thickness. The eye with a higher Behçet disease ocular attack score 24 was studied. The main outcome measures were choroidal stromato-choroidal vessel lumen ratio and choroidal thickness. Results: The mean total Behçet disease ocular attack score 24, fluorescein angiography, and indocyanine green angiography scores were 7.42 +/- 4.10, 17.42 +/- 6.03, and 0.66 +/- 0.73, respectively. Choroidal stroma-to-choroidal vessel lumen ratio was significantly higher in patients (0.413 +/- 0.056 vs. 0.351 +/- 0.063, P = 0.003). There were no significant differences in subfoveal choroidal thickness between patients and control subjects. Choroidal stroma-tochoroidal vessel lumen ratio correlated with retinal vascular staining and leakage score of fluorescein angiography (r = 0.300, P = 0.036). Central foveal thickness was significantly increased in patients (352.750 +/- 107.134 mu m vs. 263.500 +/- 20.819 p.m, P < 0.001). Central foveal thickness showed significant correlations with logarithm of minimum angle of resolution vision, Behçet disease ocular attack score 24, total fluorescein angiography score, retinal vascular staining and/or leakage and capillary leakage scores of fluorescein angiography, and total indocyanine green angiography score. At 275 mu m cutoff, diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of ce, Istanbul University

Objectives: To describe ocular manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of cat scratch disease. Materials and Methods: Clinical records of patients with ocular cat scratch disease were reviewed. Results: Thirteen eyes of 10 patients (7 female, 3 male) with a mean age of 26.9 +/- 18.5 years were included. Nine patients had a history of cat contact and had systemic symptoms associated with cat scratch disease 2-90 days prior to the ocular symptoms. Ocular signs were: neuroretinitis in 4 eyes (associated with serous retinal detachment in the inferior quadrant in 1 eye), optic neuropathy in 2 eyes (1 papillitis and optic disc infiltration, 1 optic neuritis), retinal infiltrates in 6 eyes, retinochoroiditis in 1 eye, branch retinal arteriolar occlusion in 3 eyes, and endophthalmitis in 1 eye. Visual acuities at presentation were 1.0 in 7 eyes, 0.3 in 1 eye, = 0.1 in 4 eyes, and light perception in 1 eye. Bartonella henselae immunoglobulin (Ig) M and/or IgG were positive in all patients. Systemic antibiotic therapy was administered in all patients. Systemic corticosteroid treatment (15-40 mg/day) was added to the therapy in 4 patients, following 5 days of intravenous pulse methylprednisolone in 2 patients. Treatment was ongoing for 1 patient and the mean treatment duration of the other 9 patients was 47 +/- 14.5 days. Visual acuities at final visit were 1.0 in 9 eyes, 0.8 in 1 eye, 0.4 in 1 eye, and no light perception in 1 eye. Conclusion: Cat scratch disease may present with different ocular signs and should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with such presentations., NA

Amaç: Kedi tırmığı hastalığı oküler tutulumu olan hastaların klinik bulguları, tanı ve tedavi yaklaşımlarının değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kedi tırmığı hastalığına bağlı oküler tutulumu olan olguların klinik kayıtları incelendi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya yaş ortalaması 26,9±18,5 yıl olan 10 hastanın (7 kadın, 3 erkek) 13 gözü dahil edildi. Dokuz hastada kedi teması hikayesi olup hastaların göz şikayetleri başlamadan 2-90 gün önce kedi tırmığı hastalığı ile ilişkili sistemik semptomları vardı. Klinik bulgular, 4 gözde nöroretinit (1 gözde alt periferde seröz retina dekolmanı eşlik etmekte), 2 gözde optik nöropati (1 papillit ve optic disk infiltrasyonu, 1 optik nörit), 6 gözde retinal infiltratlar, 1 gözde retinokoroidit ve 3 gözde retinal arter dal tıkanıklığı, 1 gözde endoftalmi şeklindeydi. Başvuru anında görme keskinliği 7 gözde 1,0, 1 gözde 0,3, 4 gözde ≤0,1 ve 1 gözde ışık hissi düzeyindeydi. Tüm hastalarda Bartonella henselae immünoglobülin (Ig) M ve/veya IgG pozitif idi. Tüm hastalara antibiyotik tedavisi uygulandı. İki hastaya 5 gün pulse metilprednizolon intravenöz tedaviyi takiben ve 4 hastaya 15-40 mg/gün dozunda oral kortikosteroid tedavisi de eklendi. Bir hastanın tedavisi devam etmekte ve kalan 9 hastanın ortalama toplam tedavi süresi 47±14,5 gündü. Son vizitte görme keskinliği 9 gözde 1,0, 1 gözde 0,8, 1 gözde 0,4 ve 1 gözde ışık negatifti.Sonuç: Kedi tırmığı hastalığı farklı oküler tutulum bulguları ile karşımıza çıkabilen ve bu tablolarda ayırıcı tanıda akılda bulundurulması gereken bir hastalıktır., NA