Open AccessPosterior Scleritis: About A Case
Author(s) -
Joumany Brahim Salem,
Mahdi Khammaily,
Sidi Dahi,
Brarrou Houda,
Yassine Mouzari,
Rezaul Karim,
Abdelbarre Oubaaz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of medical and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2593-8339
DOI - 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.3.303
Subject(s) - medicine , fundus (uterus) , posterior pole , scleritis , retinal vasculitis , ophthalmology , visual acuity , magnetic resonance imaging , vasculitis , radiology , uveitis , pathology , disease
Posterior scleritis is a rare and often unknown condition that can simulate many conditions including intraocular tumor or orbital pathology. We report the case of a 44-year-old patient with left eye pain and redness followed by a significant decrease in visual acuity. Clinical examination showed papillary hyperemia, chorioretinal folds at the posterior pole, venous tortuosity, and absence of hyalitis or vasculitis in the fundus oculi associated angiography retinal. Orbital-cerebral MRI and B ultrasound allowed the diagnosis of posterior scleritis