Eales Disease

Eales disease is an eponym after a British ophthalmologist Henry Eales. The aetiology behind Eales disease is ill-understood and stands controversial. Various systemic diseases associated with peripheral retinal revascularization and Retinal vasculitis could imitate the proliferative and inflammator...

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Published inJournal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Vol. 28; no. 4; p. 816
Main Authors Khan, Mohammad Naeem, Raza, Syed Shahmeer, Qadir, Shayan, Rehman, Hana, Hussain, Amer Kamal, Nadeem, Muhammad Daniyal, Ullah, Farhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pakistan 01.10.2016
Subjects
Adult
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Female
Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
Humans
Neovascularization, Pathologic - diagnosis
Neovascularization, Pathologic - drug therapy
Prednisolone - therapeutic use
Retinal Vasculitis - diagnosis
Retinal Vasculitis - drug therapy
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Eales disease
Retinal Vasculitis
Tuberculosis
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography
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Summary:Eales disease is an eponym after a British ophthalmologist Henry Eales. The aetiology behind Eales disease is ill-understood and stands controversial. Various systemic diseases associated with peripheral retinal revascularization and Retinal vasculitis could imitate the proliferative and inflammatory phases of Eales' disease, respectively. We present a case of a 30 years old female patient with Eales disease and discuss the clinical features, treatment plan and its outcome in our patient. Tuberculosis appears to be the cause of Eales disease but the relation is yet to be established and clinically proven. Steroid therapy is usually the main stay of treatment with tapering doses of systemic corticosteroids. Other interventions are vitrectomy, photocogulation or cryotherapy.
ISSN:1025-9589