Unilateral frosted branch angiitis

S. L. Sugin; D. E. Henderly; S. M. Friedman; L. M. Jampol; J. W. Doyle

doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)76769-8

Unilateral frosted branch angiitis

S. L. Sugin, D. E. Henderly^*, S. M. Friedman, L. M. Jampol, J. W. Doyle

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Ophthalmology

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Abstract

We examined two patients with monocular frosted branch angiitis. The patients were young and healthy; they rapidly developed severe visual loss with thick, white sheathing of the retinal veins and responded promptly to systemic corticosteroids. The fluorescein angiograms showed late leakage from the retinal veins, without evidence of stasis or occlusion. Frosted branch angiitis can be either a unilateral or a bilateral condition. We believe the potential for visual loss and the prompt response to systemic corticosteroids make early, accurate diagnosis and institution of therapy desirable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	682-685
Number of pages	4
Journal	American journal of ophthalmology
Volume	111
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9394(14)76769-8
State	Published - 1991

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From the Departments of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (Drs. Sugin, Henderly, and Jampol) and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (Drs. Friedman and Doyle). This study was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.

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