Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Department of Ophthalmology, Avicenne Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco

Publications

• Case Report   
  Posterior scleritis revealing Behçet's disease: a case report.
  Author(s): Farah Benelkadri*, Mehdi El Filali, Salaheddine Bouabbadi and Mohamed Kriet
  
  Introduction: Behcet’s disease is a systemic inflammatory disease. Ocular manifestations are an important diagnostic criterion. It is frequent and serious and may affect the visual prognosis. Its particularity is the richness of the initial ophthalmologic presentation and the good clinical evolution under treatment. We present the case of a patient with a posterior scleritis revealing Behcet’s disease. Aim: Underline a rare mode of revelation of Behcet’s disease, which is posterior scleritis. Observation: It is about a young patient of 24 years old who presented for a painful exophthalmos of the left eye with a decrease visual acuity whose questioning revealed a recurrent oral aphthosis with pseudo folliculitis. Results: Ophthalmologic examination of the left .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9570.22.13.929

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