Long term follow up in a case of successfully treated idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN)
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
- Correspondence to: Minoru Tomita Department of Ophthalmology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi City, Osaka, 570-8506, Japan; tomitamtakii.kmu.ac.jp
- Accepted 4 April 2003
The idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysm, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome is a rare clinical entity characterised by peripheral retinal vascular occlusion, retinal vasculitis, and multiple posterior retinal arterial aneurysms.1,2 In most reported cases, visual acuity was aggravated.2–4 We report a case of successfully treated IRVAN syndrome in which good long term visual acuity has been maintained.
Case report
A 36 year old woman visited the Kansai Medical University Hospital on January 1999, complaining of flies flying in her right eye for the past year. She also had visual disturbance and metamorphopsia for 2 months in her right eye. Her best corrected visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/16 in the left eye. Inflammatory cells …
