Eales Disease

J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2016 Oct-Dec;28(4):816-817.

Abstract

Eales disease is an eponym after a British ophthalmologist Henry Eales. The aetiology behind Eales disease is ill-understood and stands controversial. Various systemic diseases associated with peripheral retinal revascularization and Retinal vasculitis could imitate the proliferative and inflammatory phases of Eales' disease, respectively. We present a case of a 30 years old female patient with Eales disease and discuss the clinical features, treatment plan and its outcome in our patient. Tuberculosis appears to be the cause of Eales disease but the relation is yet to be established and clinically proven. Steroid therapy is usually the main stay of treatment with tapering doses of systemic corticosteroids. Other interventions are vitrectomy, photocogulation or cryotherapy.

Keywords: Eales disease; Fundus Fluorescein Angiography; Retinal Vasculitis; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / diagnosis*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Retinal Vasculitis / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Vasculitis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone

Supplementary concepts

  • Eales disease