Panuveitis due to Lyme disease in a Colombian patient: Case report

Abstract

Lyme Disease is a zoonosis transmitted by arthropods that has been described with more fre-quency in endemic zones of meridional countries. Its clinical manifestations vary according to the clinical stage of the disease. The eye can be affected in many forms including the involvement of the ocular surface and the posterior segment, with more severe inflammation of the retina and the choroid. We present a case of a 72 year male with a recent trip to EEUU who complained of decreasing vision in his left eye had cli-nical signs of nongranulomatous panuveitis with ma-cular edema and retinal vasculitis. Lyme disease was confirmed with positive antibodies in blood and Wes-tern blot test, and the patient was successfully treated using oral Doxycycline. His visual acuity improved and had a resolution of the intraocular inflammation after the specific treatment.

Keywords

• borrelia burgdorferi
• borreliosis
• ixodes
• lyme disease
• panuveitis
• uveitis