Bilateral retinal detachment in reactive arthritis: coincidence or association?

Matthias Preusser, Hugo Ocampo, Wolfgang Graninger

Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. matthias.preusser@meduniwien.ac.at

Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 2012 Mar

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Retinal lesions are not typically found in reactive arthritis. However, a previous case report documented co-existing retinal detachment and reactive arthritis. We report here a similar case of a 32-year-old male patient with concurrent non-traumatic bilateral retinal detachment and HLA-B27 associated reactive arthritis after urogenital and gastrointestinal infections. Our report substantiates a potential rare association of retinal detachment and reactive arthritis.

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Matthias Preusser, Hugo Ocampo, Wolfgang Graninger. Bilateral retinal detachment in reactive arthritis: coincidence or association? Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 2012 Mar;124(5-6):202-3