Masquerade Syndromes

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Non-neoplastic Anterior Corneal epithelial defects Angle closure glaucoma Pigment dispersion syndrome Occult intraocular foreign body Drug- and vaccine-induced uveitis Juvenile xanthogranulomaa Intermediate Vitreous hemorrhage Asteroid hyalosis Retinitis pigmentosa Amyloidosis synchysis…

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Approach to the Laboratory, Imaging, and Molecular Work-up for Uveitis

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Classification Related conditions Anatomic • Anterior—iritis, iridocyclitis, anterior cyclitis • Intermediate—pars planitis, posterior cyclitis, vitritis/hyalitis • Posterior—focal, multifocal, or diffuse choroiditis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, neuroretinitis • Panuveitis—anterior, vitreous, retina, and choroid…

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Tuberculosis

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Anterior uveitis Granulomatous Non-granulomatous Intermediate uveitis  Posterior and panuveitis Retinal vasculitis Multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis Choroidal tubercles/tuberculoma Subretinal abscess Tubercular optic neuropathy Papillitis Neuroretinitis Optic nerve granuloma Endophthalmitis and panophthalmitis  Anterior…

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Ocular Toxoplasmosis

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Fig. 14.1 Toxoplasma gondii, life cycle The only known definitive hosts for T. gondii are members of family Felidae (domestic cats and their relatives). Cats shed oocysts in their feces which…

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Sarcoidosis

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Orbital granuloma Lacrimal gland enlargement and keratoconjunctivits sicca Conjunctival granuloma Interstitial keratitis Episcleritis Scleritis Anterior uveitis    –Acute and chronic    –Granulomatous and nongranulomatous Intermediate uveitis Posterior uveitis    –Retinal vasculitis    –Choroiditis    –Retinitis…

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Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Radiological criterion Clinical criteria Grade ≥2 bilateral sacroillitis on X-ray OR Grade 3 or 4 unilateral sacroillitis on X-ray Low back stiffness/pain for >3 months which improves with exercise Limitation of…

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Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease

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Fig. 17.1 46-year-old woman with ABD. Color photograph of the left eye showing vitreous infiltrates overlying an edematous optic nerve and scattered intraretinal hemorrhages consistent with posterior uveitis and retinal vasculitis….

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Macular Edema

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Fig. 48.1 Different patterns of uveitic macular edema. a Cystoid macular edema (CME). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) shows well-defined intraretinal cystoid spaces in the central macula. b Diffuse macular edema (DME)….

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Syphilis

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Fig. 12.1 Slit lamp photograph of a patient with syphilitic iritis, pigmented/granulomatous keratic precipitates, and posterior synechiae Fig. 12.2 Focal chorioretinitis (arrow) in a patient with ocular syphilis Syphilitic anterior uveitis (see…

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