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Main anterior entities 2: granulomatous
Author(s) -
WILLERMAIN F
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.1361.x
Subject(s) - uveitis , medicine , anterior uveitis , corneal endothelium , pathology , granulomatous disease , dermatology , disease , ophthalmology , cornea
Purpose During uveitis, inflammatory cells and epitheloid cells can aggregates on the corneal endothelium forming keratic precipitates (KPs). Methods On slit lamp examination, KP’s can have different forms and locations. Once they are large with a mutton fat appearance, uveitis will be classified as granulomatous. Results Granulomatous uveitis is a heterogeneous group of disease with anterior, intermediate and panuveitis. Granulomatous uveitis can be due to several infectious and non infectious causes, but masquerade syndromes and idiopathic cases must also been ruled out. Conclusion This course will first describe the main clinical characteristics of those different entities. A standard work‐up procedure will then be proposed.