Yeungnam Univ J Med.  2017 Jun;34(1):111-114. 10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.111.

Central serous chorioretinopathy associated with low dose systemic corticosteroid treatment of Behcet's disease

• Cha S
• Kim KJ
• Kweon S
• Lee S
• Min B
• Kim E
• Lee J

• KMID: 2400340
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.111

Abstract

Central serous chorioretinopathy may induce poor eyesight and serous retinal detachment. However, its exact cause has not been well established thus far. It can be associated with systemic high-dose corticosteroid treatment mainly for young and middle-aged men and may spontaneously regress or recur after withdrawal from corticosteroid. After corticosteroid administration for Behcet's disease, it is necessary to identify any ocular symptoms. Behcet's disease can lead to the development of ocular complications, such as uveitis, hypopyon, retinal vasculitis, optic neuritis, angiogenesis, secondary cataract, and glaucoma. It is possible to diagnose any of these complications via optical coherence tomography and digital indocyanine green angiography. It is easy to neglect an ocular symptom that may appear after a low-dose corticosteroid treatment as an ocular complication in patients with Behcet's disease. Thus, we report on a case concerning high-dose corticosteroid treatment with a literature review.

Keyword

Steroid; Behcet's syndrome; Central serous chorioretinopathy

MeSH Terms

Angiography
Behcet Syndrome
Capsule Opacification
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy*
Glaucoma
Humans
Indocyanine Green
Male
Optic Neuritis
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Vasculitis
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Uveitis
Indocyanine Green