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Anterior Uveitis

 Syn. iritis

Signs & Symptoms

 Red eye
Note: starting from limbus
Ref: Uptodate [ Uveitis: Etiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis] Vaughan [ 326] BCSC [ 76]
Blurred vision
Ref: Vaughan [ 329] BCSC [ 76]
Decreased corneal sensation
Note: due to simplex virus infection, due to varicellazoster virus infection, due to leprosy ,In Herpetic uveitis
Ref: Vaughan [ 327]
Stromal thickening (negative symptom)
Ref: Vaughan [ 331]

Physical Examination

 Stromal thickening (negative symptom)
Ref: Vaughan [ 331]
Epiphora
Ref: BCSC [ 77]
Heterochromia
Ref: BCSC [ 77]

Lab / Serology

Imagin Study

Complication

 Posterior synechiae
Note: due to irregular fixed pupils
Ref: Uptodate [ Uveitis: Etiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis] Vaughan [ 326,331] BCSC [ 70,77]
ocular discharge (negative symptom)
Ref: Uptodate [ Evaluation of the red eye] Vaughan [ 331]
Anterior synechiae
Ref: Vaughan [ 331]

Risk Factors

 Female
Ref: BCSC [ 68]

Cause

Other