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Can't hear, can't see, and too sore to play.
- Source :
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Survey of ophthalmology [Surv Ophthalmol] 2010 May-Jun; Vol. 55 (3), pp. 290-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jan 18. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A 52-year-old man developed transient, migratory polyarthralgias in the presence of hearing loss. He then developed persistent leukocytosis and thrombocytosis. His initial transient, bilateral visual obscurations happened in context with bilateral disk edema and an enlarged blind spot. Visual symptoms progressed to vision loss and multiple branch retinal artery occlusions. It was not until later in the disease progression that gastrointestinal symptoms occurred. Electron microscopy of duodenal biopsies confirmed a diagnosis of Whipple disease.
- Subjects :
- Arthralgia drug therapy
Arthralgia microbiology
Eye Infections, Bacterial drug therapy
Eye Infections, Bacterial microbiology
Hearing Loss drug therapy
Hearing Loss microbiology
Humans
Leukocytosis
Macrophages microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retinal Artery Occlusion drug therapy
Retinal Artery Occlusion microbiology
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination therapeutic use
Tropheryma isolation & purification
Whipple Disease drug therapy
Whipple Disease microbiology
Arthralgia diagnosis
Eye Infections, Bacterial diagnosis
Hearing Loss diagnosis
Retinal Artery Occlusion diagnosis
Whipple Disease diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-3304
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Survey of ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20083288
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.09.002