Mushtaq Ahmed Baig, Mazhar Ishaq, Hannan Masud.
New concepts in the management of Eale`s Disease.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;52(2):138-142.

Eales` disease is a leading cause of visual loss and invalidement out of service in young healthy soldiers. A prospective study of 637 patients of Eales` disease was conducted from January 1998 to December 2001 in Department of Ophthalmology, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. 423 (66.40%) patients were treated in out patient department and 214 (33.60%) were hospitalised for a duration of about 3 1/2 months (105 days). All patients received three-week course of systemic steroids, 557 (87.44%) received laser photocoagulation therapy and 46 (7.22%) were treated with vitrectomy and endolaser photocoagulation. 78 (12.25%) patients were placed in permanent medical category `CEE` and 89 (13.98%) were invalided out of service due to permanent visual loss. Maximum number of patients with long-term bed occupation in eye ward are suffering from Eales` disease.

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