Uveitis in Both Eyes Associated with Sweet's Syndrome.

Jang, Won Bong; Yang, Yun Sik; Choi, Chang Wook

doi:2015.56.7.1122

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 56(7); 2015 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2015;56(7):1122-1126.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2015.56.7.1122 Published online July 15, 2015.

Uveitis in Both Eyes Associated with Sweet's Syndrome.

Won Bong Jang, Yun Sik Yang, Chang Wook Choi

Department of Ophthalmology, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. cuchoi77@hanmail.net

Sweet Syndrome에 의한 양안 포도막염 1예

장원봉⋅양연식⋅최창욱

원광대학교 의과대학 원광대학교병원 안과학교실

Received: 29 January 2015 • Revised: 9 March 2015 • Accepted: 5 June 2015

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a case of uveitis in both eyes caused by Sweet's syndrome. CASE SUMMARY: A 66-year-old male presented with decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Three years prior he was diagnosed with Sweet's syndrome, with symptoms such as chill, fever and, maculopapular rash on the chest. At initial physical examination, he had 3 or 4+ inflammatory cells and flare in the anterior chambers of both eyes, as well as hypopyon in his left eye. Under the suspicion of uveitis caused by Sweet's syndrome, he was rescribed an IV steroid injection and topical steroid agent. Three days later, his visual acuity improved to 0.3 in the right eye and 0.2 in the left eye. Hypopyon in the left eye disappeared and inflammatory cells decreased to 1~2+. He showed signs of recurrence in both eyes after 5 months and was treated with posterior subtenon triamcinolone injection in each eye. The patient showed no signs of recurrence for 10 months after injection. CONCLUSIONS: We report a case of uveitis caused by Sweet's syndrome treated with a steroid agent resulting in good prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is first case of uveitis caused by Sweet's syndrome reported in Korea.

Key Words: Subtenon triamcinolone injection;Sweet's syndrome;Uveitis