Trauma: Inflammation Conrad L. Giles T. F. Schlaegel Jr. Whether it is the speed of a struck tennis or golf ball or the velocity of an automobile, we have witnessed…

Uveitis in Children Phoebe Lin Debra A. Goldstein Kannan M. Narayana Levent M. Civelek Howard H. Tessler The prevalence of uveitis in children is estimated at approximately 30 in 100,000,1,2…

Tuberculosis and Nontuberculosis Mycobacterium Jean Deschênes David E. Lederer Saad Ahmed Sultan Al-Khalifa Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is characterized by the formation…

Intraocular Masquerade Syndromes Devron H. Char When Duke-Elder’s System of Ophthalmology was published in 1966, the term ocular masquerade syndromes was not included.1 The term was first used in the…

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…