Uveitis

 

Causes of unilateral uveitis

• Sarcoidosis
• Postsurgical uveitis
• Intraocular foreign body
• Parasitic disease
• Acute retinal necrosis
• Behçet's disease

 

Causes of panuveitis

• Syphilis
• Sarcoidosis
• Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome
• Infectious endophthalmitis
• Behçet's disease

   

Causes of granulomatous inflammation in the eye

• Sarcoidosis
• Sympathetic ophthalmia
• Uveitis associated with multiple sclerosis
• Lens-induced uveitis
• Intraocular foreign body
• Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome
• Syphilis
• Tuberculosis
• Other infectious agents

 

Major fluorescein angiographic findings in uveitis

Cystoid macular edema

Subretinal neovascular membranes

Disc leakage

Late staining of retinal vessels

Neovascularization of retinal vessels

Retinal vascular capillary dropout and reorganization

Retinal pigment epithelium perturbations

 

granulomatous uveitis is characterized by nodular collections of epithelioid cells and giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes, whereas nongranulomatous uveitis is characterized by diffuse infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells.

- compiled & published by Dr Dhaval Patel MD AIIMS