Branch retinal vein occlusion in the right eye and retinal hemorrhage in the left in a patient with classical Tsutsugamushi disease

• Published in: Japanese journal of ophthalmology Vol. 45; no. 1; p. 108
• Main Authors: Nagaki, Y, Hayasaka, S, Kadoi, C, Matsumoto, M, Sakagami, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnosis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - microbiology; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Fundus Oculi; Humans; Middle Aged; Orientia tsutsugamushi - immunology; Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification; Retinal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Retinal Hemorrhage - microbiology; Retinal Vein Occlusion - diagnosis; Retinal Vein Occlusion - microbiology; Scrub Typhus - diagnosis; Scrub Typhus - microbiology; Visual Acuity
• ISSN: 0021-5155
• DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(00)00293-8

To report branch retinal vein occlusion and retinal hemorrhages associated with tsutsugamushi disease. Case report of a 60-year-old woman who complained of fever, chills, headache, lymphadenopathy, and blurred vision in the right eye following an insect bite to the lower right forehead. Serological findings showed elevated titers for the strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi. Ophthalmologic examination disclosed bilateral conjunctival injection, flame-shaped hemorrhage in her right fundus, and scattered hemorrhage in her left fundus. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated dye leakage and dilation of capillaries. Branch retinal vein occlusion associated with classical tsutsugamushi disease, as demonstrated in our patient, may be rare.