1. Mimickers of anterior uveitis, scleritis and misdiagnoses- tips and tricks for the cornea specialist.
- Author
-
Caplash, Sonny, Paez-Escamilla, Manuel, Westcott, Mark, Dansingani, Kunal K., Indermill, Chad, Kisma, Nacima, Frau, Eric, Sahel, Jose-Alain, Bodaghi, Bahram, Jhanji, Vishal, and Errera, Marie-Helene
- Subjects
- *
IRIDOCYCLITIS , *SCLERITIS , *LITERATURE reviews , *CORNEA , *OPHTHALMOLOGY practice , *DIAGNOSTIC errors - Abstract
Background: Anterior uveitis, inflammation of the anterior chamber and related structures, is a cohort of diseases that can present to almost any general or sub-specialty Ophthalmology practice. Its features classically involve anterior chamber cell and flare. Below the surface of these two signs exist a panoply of diagnoses. Body: The purpose of this review is to provide a general framework for diagnoses of anterior uveitis that are often missed as well as non-uveitic pathologies that often mimic anterior uveitis. Diagnostic deviation in either direction can have vision-threatening and rarely life-threatening consequences for patients. Using a comprehensive literature review we have collected a broad spectrum of etiologies of anterior uveitis that are easily missed and non-uveitic pathologies that can masquerade as anterior uveitis. Conclusions: We present a focused review on specific misdiagnosed anterior uveitis pathologies and some of the conditions that can masquerade as anterior uveitis and scleritis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF