Rare case of sympathetic ophthalmia with severe annular choroidal detachment

Sympathetic ophthalmia: Report of a case series and comprehensive review of the literature

“…We described 16 new SO patients at our hospital then conducted a literature search, retrieving a total of 87 previous case reports of SO. 9,10,16–67 These 103 patients had an average age at presentation of 44.9 years (ranging from 2.5–85 years) and consisted of 69 males (66.9%) and 34 females (33.1%). There were 51 patients (49.5%) who underwent ocular therapies and 52 patients (50.5%) with a previous history of trauma.…”

Posterior sub-Tenon triamcinolone acetonide injection for annular choroidal detachment resistant to systemic immunosuppressive treatment

“…I report two cases of annular choroidal detachment, which was resistant to systemic immunosuppressive treatment and presented a diagnostic dilemma but responded to posterior sub-Tenon triamcinolone acetonide (PSTA) injections. Annular choroidal detachment is known to occur in uveal effusion syndrome (UES) [1] , Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease [2] , posterior scleritis [3] , sympathetic ophthalmia [4] , and tumor metastasis [5] . Inflammation serves as an important contributor to some of these conditions; therefore, systemic immunosuppressive therapy is often attempted in such cases [2] .…”