Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39130832›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Retinal Peri-Phlebitis in a Patient With Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis.

Muhammad Amjad, Aruba Zafar

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Muhammad AmjadVitreoretina, Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, PAK.
Aruba ZafarOphthalmology, Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, PAK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A middle-aged hypertensive female presented with headaches, tinnitus, and blurred vision for two weeks. Clinical examination revealed mild vitritis and bilateral multifocal exudative detachments at the posterior pole, together with peripheral vascular cuffing and peri-phlebitis. Laboratory testing pointed towards isolated presumed intraocular tuberculosis (IOTB) as the probable cause. However, the patient strongly responded to high-dose intravenous and tapered oral corticosteroids, leading to complete resolution of detachments within 10 days of therapy initiation. Anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) was begun after one week of presentation, and no recurrence of symptoms was noted for the next 18 months. A case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease-like presentation occurred after a probable previous subclinical episode(s) of presumed IOTB, resulting in sclerosed vessels in the retinal periphery.

Indexed as

exudative retinal detachmentoptical coherence tomographyretinal peri-phlebitistuberculous uveitisvogt-koyanagi harada

Identifiers

PMID39130832
PMCPMC11315417

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.