Ento Key

Chronic Iridocyclitis William A. Godfrey The patient with chronic iridocyclitis and anterior segment inflammation is a difficult problem from the standpoint of both diagnosis and management. The options for anti-inflammatory…

Intermediate Uveitis Dmitry Pyatetsky Howard H. Tessler Intermediate uveitis is a chronic condition in which the signs of inflammation are most pronounced in the vitreous. The term refers to the…

Sarcoidosis Robert S. Weinberg Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of undetermined etiology and pathogenesis.1 The diagnosis is established by a compatible clinical picture, together with laboratory or biopsy confirmation…

Acute Anterior Uveitis William A. Godfrey In the clinic the appearance of patients with acute anterior inflammation are similar in many ways regardless of the underlying cause. The eye is…

Lens-Induced Uveitis and Related Intraocular Inflammation Narsing A. Rao Daniel V. Vasconcelos-Santos The diagnostic category of lens-induced uveitis encompasses three main clinical and pathologic entities, characterized by variable intraocular inflammation…

Keratouveitis Eva C. Kim Rocio Murphy Stephen D. McLeod Keratouveitis refers to a clinical picture of active corneal disease associated with anterior chamber inflammation. In certain cases, an inflammatory process…

An Overview of Albinism and Its Visual System Manifestations Elias I. Traboulsi MD W. Richard Green MD INTRODUCTION The term “albinism” (from albus, white) is applied to a group of…

Uveal Biopsy Darius M. Moshfeghi Gholam A. Peyman Surgical biopsy is the mainstay of tissue diagnosis in all areas of medicine. When faced clinically with a diagnostic dilemma, the surgeon…

Keratocentesis and Vitreous Biopsy Michael S. Tsipursky Gholam A. Peyman Joseph B. Michelson The dazzling panorama of new diagnostic laboratory techniques allows for the identification and characterization of cells, proteins,…