A Maltese immigrant presented with intermittent bilateral anterior uveitis for which no cause could be found. The inflammation did not respond to topical treatment and ultimately the left eye developed a hypopyon and was enucleated. Histological examination revealed granulomatous inflammation and large numbers of Mycobacterium leprae throughout the anterior segment. Occasional foci of inflammation containing Mycobacterium leprae were found in the vitreous extending to the retina at the posterior pole. These findings in the posterior segment have rarely been reported. Eye infection in Hansen's disease is frequent and delays in diagnosis are common.
BT - Australian journal of ophthalmology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6397175?dopt=Abstract DA - 1984 Nov DO - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1984.tb01178.x IS - 4 J2 - Aust J Ophthalmol LA - eng N2 -A Maltese immigrant presented with intermittent bilateral anterior uveitis for which no cause could be found. The inflammation did not respond to topical treatment and ultimately the left eye developed a hypopyon and was enucleated. Histological examination revealed granulomatous inflammation and large numbers of Mycobacterium leprae throughout the anterior segment. Occasional foci of inflammation containing Mycobacterium leprae were found in the vitreous extending to the retina at the posterior pole. These findings in the posterior segment have rarely been reported. Eye infection in Hansen's disease is frequent and delays in diagnosis are common.
PY - 1984 SP - 335 EP - 9 T2 - Australian journal of ophthalmology TI - Untreated Hansen's disease of the eye: a clinicopathological report. VL - 12 SN - 0310-1177 ER -