Abstract

INTRODUCTION :EALES DISEASE COMMONLY OCCURING IN YOUNG ADULT MALES , THAT MAY LEAD TO VASCULAR ALTERATIONS AND NEOVASCULARIZATIONS .

METHODS: THIS IS A CASE OF 23 YEAR OLD MALE WITH DECREASED VISION IN LEFT EYE ALONG WITH FRONTAL HEADACHE AND EYE PAIN FOR THE PAST 15 DAYS .ON EXAMINATION ANTERIOR SEGMENT APPEARED NORMAL SLIT LAMP EXAMINATON SHOWED ACCUMULATION OF PIGMENTED CLUMP POSTERIOR TO POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE AT THE CENTRE .FUNDUS EXAMINATION SHOWED PRESENCE OF PERIPHERAL PERIPHLEBITIS .A DIAGNOSIS OF EALES DISEAE WAS MADE AND PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SYSTEMIC AND LOCAL STEROIDS .
ON FURTHER FOLLOW UP PATIENT SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN VISION AND WAS ADVISED PERIODIC FOLLOW UPS TO KNOW ANUT THE DISSEASE PROGRESSION AND PROMT TREATMENT

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CONCLUSION : EALES DISEASE BEING AN IDIOPATHIC CONDITION CAN HAVE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS.

THE LACK OF EARLY DETECTION OF THE DISEASE IN THE EARLY STAGES MIGHT LEAD TO SEROIUS COMPLICATIONS .