COVID-19 Recombinant mRNA Vaccines and Serious Ocular Inflammatory Side Effects: Real or Coincidence? by Arash Maleki, Sydney Look-Why, Ambika Manhapra, C. Stephen Foster

“…Complete bloodwork performed by a uveitis specialist demonstrated high ESR (25) and CRP (19) levels. …”
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Rituximab Not Effective for Hearing Loss in Cogan’s Syndrome by Daniel R. Bunker, Leslie Dubin Kerr

“…We report the case of a patient who developed acute bilateral uveitis and sensorineural hearing loss. A diagnosis of atypical Cogan’s syndrome was made. …”
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Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease by M. Malekmohammad, A. Emamifar

“…Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculopathy, characterized by recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not common in the absence of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA). …”
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Neovascular age-related macular degeneration: disease pathogenesis and current state of molecular biomarkers predicting treatment response—a scoping review by Nikolaos Dervenis, Eleftherios Agorogiannis, Panagiotis Dervenis

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Examining the Choroid in Ocular Inflammation: A Focus on Enhanced Depth Imaging by Abeir Baltmr, Sue Lightman, Oren Tomkins-Netzer

“…The choroid is the vascular layer that supplies the outer retina and is involved in the pathogenesis of several ocular conditions including choroidal tumors, age related macular degeneration, central serous chorioretinopathy, diabetic retinopathy, and uveitis. Nevertheless, difficulties in the visualization of the choroid have limited our understanding of its exact role in ocular pathology. …”
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A Rare Case of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis following a Ruptured Baker’s Cyst in a Toddler by Deniz Üstüner, Fatma Asaid, Muhammad Pervaiz, Godwin Oligbu

“…Further investigations revealed bilateral uveitis consistent with a diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.…”
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Intraocular Lymphoma or Infection? Subretinal Aspirate Confirms the Diagnosis by A. Saad, S. O. Salceanu, K. Oswal, A. Aboushrkh, D. Hamada

“…A 54-year-old Caucasian gentleman presented with bilateral anterior uveitis at JCUH. He initially responded to topical steroids and dilating agents. …”
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Advances in Corticosteroid Therapy for Ocular Inflammation: Loteprednol Etabonate by Timothy L. Comstock, Heleen H. DeCory

“…LE has been studied in several anterior segment inflammatory conditions (giant papillary conjunctivitis, allergic conjunctivitis, anterior uveitis, and keratoconjunctivitis sicca), and in postoperative ocular inflammation and pain. …”
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Interferon Induced Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis by Yusuf Kayar, Nuket Bayram Kayar, Nadir Alpay, Jamshid Hamdard, Iskender Ekinci, Sebnem Emegil, Rabia Bag Soydas, Birol Baysal

“…Here, we present a case of FSGS identified with kidney biopsy in a patient who had been diagnosed with Behçet’s disease and received interferon-alpha treatment for uveitis and presented with acute renal failure and nephrotic syndrome associated with interferon.…”
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The Spectrum of Fundus Autofluorescence Findings in Birdshot Chorioretinopathy by GianPaolo Giuliari, David M. Hinkle, C. Stephen Foster

“…Because FAF testing provides valuable insight into the metabolic state of the PR/RPE-complex, it may serve as a useful noninvasive assessment tool in patients with posterior uveitis in which the outer retina-RPE-choriocapillaries-complex is involved.…”
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Tropheryma whipplei Crystalline Keratopathy: Report of a Case and Updated Review of the Literature by Scott D. Schoenberger, Sumeer Thinda, Stephen J. Kim

“…Detailed case presentation and extensive literature search of Pubmed for all years through February 2012 using the following search terms: Whipple's disease, Tropheryma whipplei, corneal deposits, crystalline keratopathy, and uveitis. Relevant articles were retrieved and analyzed. …”
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Behçet’s disease: recurrent ischemic stroke as an initial presentation – a case based review by Anwar Albasri, Wesam Gouda, Faisal Alsaqabi, Mahmoud M. Magdy, Ashraf A. Mostafa, Nehal El Ghobashy

“…Behçet’s disease (BD) is a rare systemic vasculitis that is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. Although neurological involvement is a known complication, ischemic stroke remains uncommon. …”
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Precision medicine using molecular-target drugs in psoriatic arthritis by Ippei Miyagawa, Yoshiya Tanaka

“…Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presents various clinical manifestations, including skin lesions, peripheral arthritis, axial involvement, enthesitis, nail involvement, dactylitis, and uveitis. In addition, it causes a high incidence of lifestyle-related diseases and an increase in cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events. …”
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Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease by Esra Guney, Gulunay Akcali, Betul Ilkay Akcay, Cihan Unlu, Gurkan Erdogan, Tahir Kansu Bozkurt, Huseyin Bayramlar

“…Interferon (IFN) alpha therapy is commonly used in Behçet uveitis. Interferon treatment in various diseases have also been observed causing certain autoimmune diseases such as vitiligo because of its immunomodulatory activity. …”
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Ocular manifestations of COVID-19 by Sandra Saray Quignón Santana, Osbel Alfonso Sánchez, Sandra Alfonso Quignón, Talía Alfonso Quignón

“…Inflammatory and infectious processes of the visual apparatus, such as conjunctivitis and uveitis, are found with remarkable frequency. In the recovery stage, ocular findings associated with systemic immunosuppression, vasculitic and thromboembolic processes are presented. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Phacolytic Glaucoma: Simulating Microbial Keratitis by Srikant Kumar Sahu, Siddharth Keswarwani, Ruchi Mittal

“…The differential diagnoses for phacolytic glaucoma are acute angle closure glaucoma, open angle glaucoma with uveitis, neovascular glaucoma, and glaucoma secondary to trauma. …”
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Genetic Analysis of MEFV Gene Pyrin Domain in Patients With Behçet's Disease by Ahmet Dursun, Hatice Gul Durakbasi-Dursun, Ayse Gul Zamani, Zerrin Gülin Gulbahar, Recep Dursun, Cengiz Yakicier

“…Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis with recurrent oral and genital ulcers and uveitis. MEFV gene, which is the main factor in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), is also reported to be a susceptibility gene for BD. …”
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Pharmacological Inactivation of Src Family Kinases Inhibits LPS-Induced TNF-α Production in PBMC of Patients with Behçet’s Disease by Sevgi Irtegun, Gulsum Pektanc, Zeynep M. Akkurt, Mehtap Bozkurt, Fatih M. Turkcu, Sevgi Kalkanli-Tas

“…Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystemic chronic inflammatory disease characterized by relapsing oral and genital ulcers, uveitis, and skin lesions. The pathogenesis of BD is still unknown. …”
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Whipple’s Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension with Positive Vasodilator Response Despite Severe Hemodynamic Derangements by Salah Najm, Joud Hajjar, Robert P Nelson, Ramana S Moorthy, Karen M Wolf, Tim Lahm

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Case Report: Atypical post-COVID Cogan's syndrome [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sayhi Sameh, Chaima Zitouni, Mayssa Bouzidi, Wafa Sleimi, Sameh Mezri

“…Case Presentation We report a 28-year-old female who experienced decreased visual acuity and ocular redness one month after a COVID-19 infection, with ophthalmological signs linked to keratitis, uveitis and retinal vasculitis. Two weeks later, she developed vertigo, tinnitus, and sudden hearing loss, leading to a diagnosis of Cogan’s disease. …”
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