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A CASE OF POSTERIOR UVEAL EFFUSION SYNDROME MASQUERADING AS UVEITIS
Qingyun Liu1, Kornwipa Hemarat, Denise L Kayser
1*Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; †Department of Ophthalmology, Tongliao City Hospital, Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China; and ‡North Bay Vitreoretinal Consultants, Santa Rosa, California.
Purpose:
To report a case of posterior uveal effusion syndrome presented and treated as posterior uveitis.
Methods:
We report one case of a 73-year-old woman with posterior uveal effusion syndrome who developed bilateral chorioretinal folds, treated as uveitis, who did not resolve on oral steroids.
Results:
Nasal choroidal thickening and intraretinal fluid were present in both eyes, along with choroidal folds and yellowish pigmentary changes in the macula.
Conclusion:
Posterior uveal effusion syndrome can present with features that can mimic uveitis.
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