Ischemic retinopathy associated with Crohn's disease

Rubens Camargo Siqueira; Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior; Lilian Piron Ruiz; Milton Arthur Ruiz

doi:10.2147/IMCRJ.S108855

Ischemic retinopathy associated with Crohn's disease

Int Med Case Rep J. 2016 Jul 25:9:197-200. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S108855. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Rubens Camargo Siqueira¹, Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior², Lilian Piron Ruiz², Milton Arthur Ruiz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital, Sao José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital, Sao José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of a patient with ischemic retinopathy associated with Crohn's disease.

Case report: This report presents a case of a 28-year-old female patient with Crohn's disease and sudden decrease of visual acuity in the right eye. Fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography, and multifocal electroretinography confirmed the clinical features of ischemic retinopathy. After systemic corticosteroid treatment, the patient developed epiretinal membrane without significant improvement in visual acuity.

Discussion: The patient presented with ischemic retinopathy associated with Crohn's disease with deficiency of central visual acuity. Periodic examination by a retina specialist is recommended for patients being treated for Crohn's disease.

Keywords: Crohn; ERG; OCT; epiretinal membrane; ischemic retinopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports