Publication: Birdshot chorioretinopathy in a male patient with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
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2015
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Papavasileiou, Evangelia, and Ann-Marie Lobo. 2015. “Birdshot chorioretinopathy in a male patient with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.” Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection 5 (1): 7. doi:10.1186/s12348-014-0030-z. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12348-014-0030-z.
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Background: We report a case of birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) in a patient with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). A 40-year-old male with history of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy with significant facial diplegia and lagophthalmos presents for an evaluation of bilateral choroiditis with vasculitis and optic disc edema. Clinical examination included fundus and autofluorescence photographs, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography. To our knowledge, this patient represents the first reported case of birdshot chorioretinopathy with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Patients with FSHD can present with ocular findings and should be screened with dilated fundus examinations for retinal vascular changes and posterior uveitis.
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Birdshot chorioretinopathy, Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
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