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Bilateral exudative retinal detachments as initial presentation of sympathetic ophthalmia in Turner syndrome.

Chang CW, Hinz BJ, Macdonald EA, Baker CF, Greve MD

Case report: Sympathetic ophthalmia typically presents as bilateral granulomatous panuveitis that occurs after penetrating ocular injury. We describe a case of bilateral exudative retinal detachments in a patient with Turner syndrome and sympathetic ophthalmia. Comments: To our knowledge, this is the first report of sympathetic ophthalmia in Turner syndrome.

Published 2 August 2006 in Can J Ophthalmol, 41(4): 494-6.
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