Results: 2

Optic neuritis and chorioretinitis as ocular manifestations of borreliosis in Brazil: three cases reported

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 76 (5), 2017
Abstract Lyme disease is a systemic infection caused by a tick bite and transmission of the Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete. Species of tick vectors of the disease infest mainly wild or rural animals and rodents that may be asymptomatic reservoirs of the bacteria. Characteristic of the northern hemispher...

Birdshot retinochoroidopathy review

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 78 (1), 2015
Birdshot retinochoroidopathy (BSRC) is a distinct type of posterior uveitis originally described in the 1940s. Its characteristics include minimal anterior segment inflammation and diffuse posterior choroidopathy with vitritis and retinal vasculitis. The precise etiology of this disease is yet to be eluc...