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MedPulse - International Medical Journal, ISSN 2348-2516 E-ISSN: 2348-1897
Volume 1, Issue 9, Sept 2014 pp 534-536
Case Report
Ocular Masquerade syndrome
Tasneem A F1, Shwetha B A2, Amanpreet Kaur3, Merlin Benzy4
1Professor, 2Assistant Professor, 3,4Post Graduate, Department of Ophthalmology, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA.
Abstract
Masquerade syndromes comprises a group of disorders simulating a chronic idiopathic uveitis, having an underlying primary cause that is not immune mediated and that is associated with an apparent clinical picture of intraocular inflammation. The main disorders that can masquerade as a uveitis are intraocular tumours, postoperative infections or degenerative conditions. Reporting a 35-year male who presented with unilateral painless blurring of vision in left eye, 3 month old painless swelling in left testis. Ocular and systemic evaluation revealed chronic granulomatous panuveitis of left eye, spermatocytic seminoma of left testis, para aortic lymphadenopathy, bilateral enlarged adrenals and bilateral pneumatocele.
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