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Ulcerative colitis complicated by idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy with bullous retinal detachment

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A 44-year-old woman, hospitalized with severe diarrhea due to ulcerative colitis, was found to have a rare ocular complication, idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy with bullous retinal detachment. The ocular symptom started with the flare-up of the ulcerative colitis. Steroid therapy was not effective on the ocular disorder, while her ulcerative colitis became dormant. Relationship between the two disorders is discussed.

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  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

    Eizo Kaneko MD, Mitsumasa Nawano MD, Nishio Honda MD, Ikuo Watanabe MD, Makoto Ueno & Shozo Baba MD

  2. Department of Ophthamology, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

    Eizo Kaneko MD, Mitsumasa Nawano MD, Nishio Honda MD, Ikuo Watanabe MD, Makoto Ueno & Shozo Baba MD

  3. Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University, 3600 Handa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan

    Eizo Kaneko MD, Mitsumasa Nawano MD, Nishio Honda MD, Ikuo Watanabe MD, Makoto Ueno & Shozo Baba MD

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Kaneko, E., Nawano, M., Honda, N. et al. Ulcerative colitis complicated by idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy with bullous retinal detachment. Digest Dis Sci 30, 896–900 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309522

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