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SUBMITTER: Marin-Noriega MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178324 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marín-Noriega María Alejandra MA Muñoz-Ortiz Juliana J Mosquera Catalina C de-la-Torre Alejandra A
American journal of ophthalmology case reports 20200418
<h4>Purpose</h4>To report the ophthalmological approach of a patient with Blau syndrome (BS) in Colombia.<h4>Observations</h4>We describe a 9-year-old Colombian boy with sporadic BS due to a <i>de novo</i> nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2 (NOD2) mutation, who presented with joint and dermatologic symptoms. He was referred to the uveitis service with a single functional eye, due to retinal detachment in the other eye. Despite treatment with corticosteroids, methotrexate, and ...[more]