Medical MCQ - 30 year old young male came with sudden onset visual loss with no h/o trauma and the fundus details cant be appreciated with no significant systemic history. The other eye has evidence of sheathing of vessels in periphery. A diagnosis of Eale's disease is made. The most common presenting symptom of this disease is

30 year old young male came with sudden onset visual loss with no h/o trauma and the fundus details cant be appreciated with no significant systemic history. The other eye has evidence of sheathing of vessels in periphery. A diagnosis of Eale’s disease is made. The most common presenting symptom of this disease is

Neovascularization

Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage

Macular edema

Posterior subcapsular cataract

Question Category:

Ophthalmology

Correct Answer:

Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage

Description:

EALES DISEASE -Bilateral, Idiopathic, Occlusive, Peripheral periphlebitis -also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis, periphlebitis retinae, primary perivasculitis of the retina. -Recurrent Vitreous Hemorrhage in young and is the most impoant and pathognomic identifying feature -There can be subtle signs of sheathing of vessels and exudates in the fellow eye -Few evidence in literature suggests of possible association with TB

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