Papillophlebitis as manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa.

Papillophlebitis as manifestation of polyarteritis nodosa. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2019 Feb 04;: Authors: Rodríguez-González F, Reyes-Rodríguez M, Francisco-Hernández F, García-García Ú, Martínez-Quintana E Abstract A 35 year-old-man diagnosed with polyarteritis nodosa developed papillophlebitis on his left eye. Throughout the evolution of the disease, he had a macular oedema treated with intravitreal injections of aflibercept, with adequate recovery of visual acuity. He also had episcleritis on the other eye. Papillophlebitis is a non-ischaemic central retinal vein occlusion of inflammatory cause. Polyarteritis nodosa is a systemic necrotising vasculitis characterised by lesions of small and medium sized arteries. Ocular involvement occurs in 10-20% of patients, and typically affects the choroidal arteries. Only arteries are usually affected, but in very rare cases adjacent veins may be involved due to the adjacent inflammation. PMID: 30733066 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol Source Type: research