Postoperative Uveitis Ann M. Carrasquillo Lucienne C. Collet Debra A. Goldstein Postoperative inflammation may result from various factors including exacerbation of underlying uveitis, retained intraocular foreign material after surgery, retained…
Hypersensitivity Uveitis M. Levent Civelek Debra A. Goldstein Howard H. Tessler HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS When an immune response occurs and causes tissue damage, it is referred to as a hypersensitivity reaction….
Ciliochoroidal Effusion Paul Hahn Srilaxmi Bearelly W. Richard Green Sharon Fekrat A ciliochoroidal effusion is an accumulation of fluid in the potential space between the sclera externally and the choroid…
Sympathetic Ophthalmia and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome Chi-Chao Chan Scott M. Whitcup Robert B. Nussenblatt SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA Sympathetic ophthalmia is defined as a bilateral granulomatous panuveitis that occurs after the uvea of…
Inflammatory Choroiditis Jose S. Pulido C. Richard Blake There are a group of ocular diseases that appear to be inflammatory reactions in the choroid. The cause of the inflammatory reaction…
Retinal Vasculitis Margaret Wong Fernandino A. Fontanilla Debra A. Goldstein Ozlem Sahin Howard H. Tessler Retinal vasculitis may occur alone or as part of a systemic disease and may be…
Infectious Retinitis Igor Kozak William R. Freeman Retinitis refers to diseases that produce inflammation of the retina. This chapter deals primarily with infectious causes of retinitis and the differential diagnosis…
Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome Norbert Becker Howard H. Tessler The ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, often termed the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS), refers to a choroidopathy believed to be caused by the…
Toxoplasmosis Khalid F. Tabbara Toxoplasmosis is a common disease caused by the organism Toxoplasma gondii. The disease is widespread in nature and can affect both humans and animals. Toxoplasmosis can…
