papillitis


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papillitis

(ˌpæpɪˈlaɪtɪs)
n
(Biology) the inflammation of a papilla
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pap·il·li·tis

n. papilitis, infl. del disco óptico.
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(5) We report a case of presumed Toxoplasma papillitis which developed without any vitritis both at presentation and during the follow-up period in an immunocompetent Congolese man.
3 cases were diagnosed as papillitis and other as AION.
Indications for hemodialysis fell into three categories: acute tubular necrosis from trauma, incompatible blood transfusions, hemorrhage, shock, ingestion of sulfonamide drugs, ethylene glycol, bichloride of mercury, or inhalation of carbon tetrachloride; diseases --acute glomerulonephritis, necrotizing renal papillitis, flare up of chronic kidney disease or acute pyelonephritis; patients who have ingested poisons that were dialyzable --bromides, barbiturates or salicylates.
Papillophlebitis: benign retinopathy resembling papilledema or papillitis. Ann Neurol.
Corticosteroids were administered in 4 cases to treat an ocular Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) (sudden onset of vitritis, papilledema, or both after initiation of systemic antibiotic therapy), and in the other 7 cases for persistence of ocular symptoms (papillitis, macular edema, or retinal vasculitis) despite appropriate antibiotic therapy.
Three reports of CMV-induced duodenal papillitis in AIDS patients and 32 cases of CMV-induced AIDS cholangiopathy have been described till date.
Additionally, few cases of optic nerve papillitis have been reported [3].
The common ocular manifestations of Behcet's disease which potentially threaten vision include anterior and posterior uveitis, vitritis, panuveitis, retinal vasculitis, papillitis, and chorioretinitis.
Optic nerve involvement in patients with IBD may present as neuroretinitis, papillitis, optic neuritis (ON, demyelinating), or ischemic optic neuropathy (5).
In our current study, the incidences of gastric papillitis and H.
By and large, patients of this level were suffering from severity symptoms who presented oral ulcers, uveitis, blurry vision, punctate lesions through CNS, vitritis, incontinence, asymmetrical lower extremity hypertonia, papillitis, and spastic gait (Table 3).
infection are likewise myriad and have included scotomas [11], papillitis, [12] retinal artery occlusions [13], and even a macular hole [14].