1Associate Professor, Narayan Medical College, Sasaram
2Director, Uvea Services
3Uvea Fellow, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
To study the long term course and visual prognosis in Eales disease
Patients who had been examined between 1984–1989 were included in the study.
A total of 34 patients were followed up of a minimum period of 10 years. The retinal leisons found during the initial examination was vitreous haemorrhage (34.5%) NVE (32.7%) vascular sheathing (30.9%) FVP (29.1%) NVD (14.5%) NVD and NVE (10.9%) & RD (5.4%) of eyes. visual acuity improved in 23.6% maintained in 58.2% & decreased in 18.2% of eyes. The complications were cataract, Tractional RD, Rubeosis iridis, Neovascular glaucoma & Phthisis bulbi.
The most important elements in dealing with Eales disease are early diagnosis, periodic follow up and adequate therapy depending upon the stage of the disease.
Eales Disease, Fibrovascular Proliferation (FVP), Neovascularization of disc (NVD), Neovascularization elsewhere (NVE), Retinal detachment (RD)
