Panscleritis After Blunt Ocular Trauma in A Child with Epididymitis.
Chinese medical sciences journal = Chung-kuo i hsueh k'o hsueh tsa chih(2023)
Abstract
We reported an 8-year-old boy with panscleritis in left eye and right epididymitis after falling on the ground. Etiologic diagnosis played a key role in this case. Systemic examinations ruled out systemic autoimmune diseases, tumors, and infections as the cause of scleritis and suggested that the disease was caused by a local delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) induced by ocular trauma and was non-infectious. Still, the right epididymitis was infectious. Both conditions were treated successfully using steroids and antibiotics, respectively. Thus, early etiologic diagnosis and reasonable treatment are crucial to prevent visual loss.
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Key words
blunt ocular trauma,case report,delayed-type hypersensitivity,optic neuropathy,panscleritis
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