Open AccessSubretinal fluid in the diagnosis of posterior scleritis
Author(s) -
Tewari H. K.,
Sihota R.,
Azad R. V.,
Gupta K. K.,
Khosla P. K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1990.tb00632.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , scleritis , etiology , choroiditis , retinal detachment , sympathetic ophthalmia , ciliary body , ophthalmology , dermatology , surgery , pathology , retinal , uveitis
The etiology of subretinal mass lesions is very difficult to establish. A 28‐year‐old man presented to us with an area of choroiditis, which progressed, despite corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy, to an exudative retinal detachment, secondary glaucoma and a painful blind eye. To develop a means of identifying the cause of such lesions, we did a subretinal fluid tap prior to enucleation. Cytopathology showed only inflammatory cells and the final histopathological diagnosis was that of a granulomatous scleritis.