眼は,全身性炎症性疾患における眼である
Peter McCluskey1, Richard J Powell
1Department of Ophthalmology at St Vincent's Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. iritis@ozemail.com.au
Lancet (London, England)
|December 14, 2004
まとめ
系統的炎症性疾患は,様々な目の構造に影響を与えることで,視力を脅かす可能性があります. 眼の炎症と感染を区別することは,特に免疫不全の患者では極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- オフタルモロジック (眼科)
- レウマトロジーの病理学
- 内科内科は,内科の内科である.
背景:
- システム性炎症疾患は,硬膜,角膜,網膜,軌道を含む眼球構造に頻繁に影響します.
- これらの症状は視力に重大なリスクをもたらし,血管疾患や粒状炎症性疾患を含む.
- 眼の合併症は,直接の炎症,缺血 (例えば,動脈炎),高血圧性網膜症,またはクロロクインマキュロパシーのような薬剤の副作用から生じる可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 系統的炎症性疾患の様々な眼の症状を強調する.
- 内生性眼内炎を感染から区別することで生じる診断上の課題を強調する.
- 特定の患者集団における感染を排除することの重要性を強調するために.
主な方法:
- 臨床プレゼンテーションのレビューと,全身の炎症状態と眼疾患の間の既知の関連性.
- 視力喪失の潜在的な原因の分析,直接の炎症,缺血,薬物の毒性を含む.
- 診断戦略の議論,特に感染の疑いのある症例における微生物学的調査の役割.
主要な成果:
- システミックな炎症は,目の直接的な損傷と,イシュケミアや薬物誘発性マキュロパシーなどの二次的な合併症につながる可能性があります.
- 眼感染症,特に免疫不全の個体では,内生性眼内炎症を模倣することがあります.
- 感染は考慮され,高リスク患者の眼内液と組織の適切な採取と培養によって排除されなければならない.
結論:
- システミック炎症性疾患における眼の関与は,包括的な評価を必要とします.
- 炎症と感染を慎重に区別することは,適切な管理と視力の保全に不可欠です.
- 診断用パラセンテシスと微生物培養は,免疫不全の患者で,眼内炎症の疑いがある場合に不可欠です.
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