Dengue Fever-Associated Maculopathy and Panuveitis in Australia
Joint Authors
Ooi, Kenneth G.-J.
Inglis, H.
Paramanathan, N.
Downie, J. A.
Hennessy, M. P.
Source
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To describe a case of dengue fever-associated maculopathy and panuveitis to raise awareness of these ophthalmic complications of dengue in Australia in the light of recent increasing numbers of outbreaks from equatorial through to tropical Australia.
Case Report.
A 37-year-old Caucasian Australian male returning from Cambodia presented with a bilateral dengue fever-associated maculopathy with left panuveitis diagnosed clinically and haematologically.
Automated perimetry revealed bilateral paracentral scotomas while optical coherence tomography demonstrated the maculopathies to be of the diffuse retinal thickening type in the right eye and acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) type in the left eye.
He was treated conservatively with only topical steroids and cycloplegia and made a full clinical visual recovery.
Conclusion.
Our case study underscores the importance of the awareness of the ophthalmic complications of dengue fever as despite their rarity they can be potentially sight threatening.
The incidence of these complications is likely to rise in Australia with increased global warming and the distribution of Aedes aegypti into subtropical Australia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ooi, Kenneth G.-J.& Inglis, H.& Paramanathan, N.& Downie, J. A.& Hennessy, M. P.. 2016. Dengue Fever-Associated Maculopathy and Panuveitis in Australia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101835
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ooi, Kenneth G.-J.…[et al.]. Dengue Fever-Associated Maculopathy and Panuveitis in Australia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ooi, Kenneth G.-J.& Inglis, H.& Paramanathan, N.& Downie, J. A.& Hennessy, M. P.. Dengue Fever-Associated Maculopathy and Panuveitis in Australia. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101835
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101835