Ocular Immunology & Inflammation, Early Online, 1, 2015 ! Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. ISSN: 0927-3948 print / 1744-5078 online DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2014.1002569
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Retinal and Choroidal Thickness in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever Ahmet Tas,
Ocul Immunol Inflamm Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Queensland on 08/15/15 For personal use only.
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MD
, Umit Yolcu,
MD
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, Abdullah Ilhan,
MD
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, and Fatih C. Gundogan,
MD
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Agrı Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Agrı, Turkey, 2Sarıkamı¸s Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Kars, Turkey, 3Erzurum Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Erzurum, Turkey, and 4GATA Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey
We congratulate Erdurmus et al.1 for their study entitled ‘‘Retinal and Choroidal Thickness in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever.’’ The authors found that retinal and choroidal thickness did not differ significantly between familial Mediterrenean fever (FMF) patients and healthy controls. In the discussion part of the article the authors stated that 5 of 30 patients had an acute attack during the recordings. Familial Mediterrenean fever is characterized by recurrent acute attacks and polyserositis. During the acute attacks an increase in the choroidal thickness may be supposed. We ask the authors to compare the choroidal and retinal thicknesses between the 5 patients having an acute attack and the remaining 25 patients. Despite the small numbers, a big difference between the groups may tell us about
subclinical choroidal vascular involvement in the acute attacks.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
REFERENCE 1. Erdurmus M, Bekdas M, Demircioglu F, et al. Retinal and choroidal thickness in children with familial Mediterranean fever. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2014;22:444–448.
Received 25 October 2014; accepted 22 December 2014; published online 22 June 2015 Correspondence: Umit Yolcu, Sarıkamı¸s Asker Hastanesi, Go¨z Hst. Servisi, Kars, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Retinal and Choroidal Thickness in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever Ahmet Tas,
Ocul Immunol Inflamm Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Queensland on 08/15/15 For personal use only.
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1
MD
, Umit Yolcu,
MD
2
, Abdullah Ilhan,
MD
3
, and Fatih C. Gundogan,
MD
4
Agrı Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Agrı, Turkey, 2Sarıkamı¸s Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Kars, Turkey, 3Erzurum Military Hospital, Ophthalmology Service, Erzurum, Turkey, and 4GATA Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey
We congratulate Erdurmus et al.1 for their study entitled ‘‘Retinal and Choroidal Thickness in Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever.’’ The authors found that retinal and choroidal thickness did not differ significantly between familial Mediterrenean fever (FMF) patients and healthy controls. In the discussion part of the article the authors stated that 5 of 30 patients had an acute attack during the recordings. Familial Mediterrenean fever is characterized by recurrent acute attacks and polyserositis. During the acute attacks an increase in the choroidal thickness may be supposed. We ask the authors to compare the choroidal and retinal thicknesses between the 5 patients having an acute attack and the remaining 25 patients. Despite the small numbers, a big difference between the groups may tell us about
subclinical choroidal vascular involvement in the acute attacks.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
REFERENCE 1. Erdurmus M, Bekdas M, Demircioglu F, et al. Retinal and choroidal thickness in children with familial Mediterranean fever. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2014;22:444–448.
Received 25 October 2014; accepted 22 December 2014; published online 22 June 2015 Correspondence: Umit Yolcu, Sarıkamı¸s Asker Hastanesi, Go¨z Hst. Servisi, Kars, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected]
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