Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination
Purpose: To describe a patient presenting with frosted branch angiitis soon after small-pox vaccination. Observations: Frosted branch angiitis (FBA) is an acute onset retinal vasculitis featuring prominent perivascular sheathing in otherwise healthy individuals. FBA has been associated with noninfec...
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| description | Purpose: To describe a patient presenting with frosted branch angiitis soon after small-pox vaccination. Observations: Frosted branch angiitis (FBA) is an acute onset retinal vasculitis featuring prominent perivascular sheathing in otherwise healthy individuals. FBA has been associated with noninfectious and infectious etiologies. This report describes a twenty-year-old African American female who developed bilateral frosted branch angiitis one week after small-pox vaccination. At presentation, the patient had bilateral, para-central visual field defects and subjective visual disturbances. On dilated exam, the patient demonstrated diffuse vasculitis bilaterally. The patient's field defects and clinical exam responded dramatically to oral prednisone therapy. Conclusions and Importance: Acute idiopathic frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition which was temporally associated with small-pox vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49d5b2f69a5b4749a23e4a1b263952572022-12-22T04:03:16ZengElsevierAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports2451-99362022-09-0127101622Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccinationKristen Collister0Sam S. Dahr1Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USADean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Corresponding author. Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 608 Stanton L Young Blvd , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, USA.Purpose: To describe a patient presenting with frosted branch angiitis soon after small-pox vaccination. Observations: Frosted branch angiitis (FBA) is an acute onset retinal vasculitis featuring prominent perivascular sheathing in otherwise healthy individuals. FBA has been associated with noninfectious and infectious etiologies. This report describes a twenty-year-old African American female who developed bilateral frosted branch angiitis one week after small-pox vaccination. At presentation, the patient had bilateral, para-central visual field defects and subjective visual disturbances. On dilated exam, the patient demonstrated diffuse vasculitis bilaterally. The patient's field defects and clinical exam responded dramatically to oral prednisone therapy. Conclusions and Importance: Acute idiopathic frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition which was temporally associated with small-pox vaccination.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993622003681Smallpox vaccineRetinal vasculitisFrosted branch angiitisUveitisInflammation |
| spellingShingle | Kristen Collister Sam S. Dahr Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports Smallpox vaccine Retinal vasculitis Frosted branch angiitis Uveitis Inflammation |
| title | Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| title_full | Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| title_fullStr | Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| title_short | Frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| title_sort | frosted branch angiitis after smallpox vaccination |
| topic | Smallpox vaccine Retinal vasculitis Frosted branch angiitis Uveitis Inflammation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993622003681 |
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