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Case report
Macular infarction in presumed rickettsial retinitis with late vascular remodelling
  1. David Aggarwal1,
  2. Brijesh Takkar1,2 and
  3. Soumyava Basu1
  1. 1Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreoretinal diseases, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  2. 2Indian Health Outcomes, Public Health and Economics Research(IHOPE) Centre, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Brijesh Takkar; britak.aiims{at}gmail.com

Abstract

A middle-aged man had been diagnosed as retinitis and treated with steroids previously. The patient had developed macular infarction in the course of illness. We diagnosed him to have rickettsial retinitis on the basis of clinical features and positive Weil-Felix test. The patient’s condition improved after treatment with oral antibiotics. The vasculature of the infarcted macula showed partial reperfusion late in the course of follow-up.

  • retina
  • macula

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-243188

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Conception: BT. Data collection: DA. Draft: DA and BT. Editing: BT and SB. Literature search: DA, BT and SB.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer-reviewed.