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ArticleCureus2024

Full-Thickness Macular Hole: An Exceptional Case Presentation in Behçet's Disease.

Asna Tahir, Hamza Rehman, Salman Tauqeer, Muhammad Usman Khan, Sadia Sethi

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Asna TahirOphthalmology, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Medical Teaching Institution, Peshawar, PAK.
Hamza RehmanOphthalmology, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Medical Teaching Institution, Peshawar, PAK.
Salman TauqeerOphthalmology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, PAK.
Muhammad Usman KhanInternal Medicine, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, GBR.
Sadia SethiOphthalmology, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Medical Teaching Institution, Peshawar, PAK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a vascular disorder affecting a variety of organ systems. It is an auto-immune disease with inflammatory vasculitis that is systemic in nature, the exact etiology of which is unknown. Obliterative vasculitis, recurrent aphthous ulcers, mucocutaneous manifestations, recurrent genital ulcerations, and intraocular inflammation, especially chronic relapsing uveitis, are the characteristic features of BD. The case report presents a unique manifestation of BD in a 20-year-old Pakistani male who presents with a one-year-old history of viral encephalitis, after which he developed a blurring of vision. On examination, he had recurrent aphthous ulcers, recurrent ulcerations of genitalia, and a history of lesions of the skin. After making the patient undergo a cascade of investigations for evaluating and assessing the various signs and symptoms, a diagnosis of BD with bilateral panuveitis and a full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) in the right eye was established. Immuno-suppressants, steroids, and azathioprine were used as treatment options, following which the state of remission was attained.

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auto immunebehcet's diseasebehcet’s syndromechronic uveitisfull-thickness macular holepainless vision losspan-uveitisrare clinical presentationrecurrent aphthous ulcers

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PMID38707073
PMCPMC11069618

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