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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versión impresa ISSN 0365-6691
Resumen
PEREZ ALVAREZ, MJ y MORENO LOPEZ, M. Panuveitis as a posible ophthalmic complication of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2005, vol.80, n.1, pp.41-44. ISSN 0365-6691.
Clinical case: A 37 year old female with histologically proven Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is presented. She developed panuveitis, vasculitis and subretinal macular infiltrate, probably as a recurrence of the disease. Immunosuppressive treatment (methotrexate) was initiated in the absence of response to systemic steroid therapy and threat to vision owing to macular involvement. Discussion: Ophthalmic complications of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease are unusual. We discuss differential diagnosis and emphasize the aggresiveness of our case.
Palabras clave : Kikuchi-Fujimoto; panuveitis; methotrexate.