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Lessons of the month 2: Ocular manifestations and complications of hepatitis C infection
- Source :
- Clin Med (Lond)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Royal College of Physicians, 2021.
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Abstract
- We present a case of a man with hepatitis C with acute visual loss in his left eye over a 3-day period. Initial evaluation suggested a possible idiopathic orbital inflammatory syndrome as underlying cause for his symptoms. Initial response to systemic glucocorticoids and antiviral treatment were encouraging with improvement in the patient9s visual acuity. After a period of loss to follow up and discontinuation of treatment, the patient re-presented with visual loss in his left eye. Re-evaluation confirmed a diagnosis of marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. This case illustrates the importance of considering the various ocular manifestations of hepatitis C.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
business.industry
Lessons of the Month
Visual Acuity
General Medicine
Hepatitis C
Marginal zone
medicine.disease
Antiviral Agents
eye diseases
Discontinuation
Lymphoma
Left eye
medicine
Humans
medicine.symptom
Antiviral treatment
business
Glucocorticoids
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14734893 and 14702118
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9af958f7a413e0d696d0a88dae24a89d