JKOS Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 0378-6471 2092-9374 Korean Ophthalmological Society 10.3341/jkos.2015.56.7.1122 jkos-56-1122 Original Article Uveitis in Both Eyes Associated with Sweet’s Syndrome JangWon Bong M.D YangYun Sik M.D, PhD ChoiChang Wook M.D Department of Ophthalmology, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea ￭ Address reprint requests to Chang Wook Choi, MD Department of Ophthalmology, Wonkwang University Hospital, #895 Muwang-ro, Iksan 570-711, Korea Tel: 82-63-859-1370, Fax: 82-63-855-1801 E-mail: cuchoi77@hanmail.net

∗This study was presented as a poster at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2014.

∗The 7th joint meeting of Korea-China-Japan opthalmologists in conjunction with the 112 th annual meeting of the Korean ophthalmological society, 2014.10.31-2014.11.02, KINTEX, Seoul, Korea.

 08 2015 27 8 2015 56 7 1122 1126 29 01 2015 09 03 2015 05 06 2015 Copyright © 2015 Korean Ophthalmological Society 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Purpose:

To report a case of uveitis in both eyes caused by Sweet’s syndrome.

 Case summary:

A 66-year-old male presented with decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Three years prior he was diagnosed with Sweet’s syndrome, with symptoms such as chill, fever and, maculopapular rash on the chest. At initial physical examination, he had 3 or 4+ inflammatory cells and flare in the anterior chambers of both eyes, as well as hypopyon in his left eye. Under the suspicion of uveitis caused by Sweet’s syndrome, he was rescribed an IV steroid injection and topical steroid agent. Three days later, his visual acuity improved to 0.3 in the right eye and 0.2 in the left eye. Hypopyon in the left eye disappeared and in-flammatory cells decreased to 1~2+. He showed signs of recurrence in both eyes after 5 months and was treated with posterior subtenon triamcinolone injection in each eye. The patient showed no signs of recurrence for 10 months after injection.

 Conclusions:

We report a case of uveitis caused by Sweet’s syndrome treated with a steroid agent resulting in good prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is first case of uveitis caused by Sweet’s syndrome reported in Korea.

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Ill-defined plaques and papules on the trunk (circles).

Histopathology of the skin demonstrating mixed sep-tal and lobular panniculitis with many neutrophilic infiltration (hematoxylin-eosin, magnification 100x).

Hypopion in the left eye at the initial outpatient visit (arrow).

B scan showing inflammatory cells in the vitreous cavity demonstrating posterior uveitis. (A) Right eye. (B) Left eye.

Fluororescein angiography showing optic disc hyperfluorescence at the latent period. (A) Right eye. (B) Left eye.