2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
9 Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation
Chapter 8: Noninfectious Anterior and Intermediate Uveitis
Highlights
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Noninfectious uveitis can be divided into 4 types: (1) anterior uveitis, (2) intermediate uveitis, (3) posterior uveitis, and (4) panuveitis. This chapter focuses on anterior and intermediate uveitides.
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Anterior uveitis constitutes the majority of all uveitis cases and is often treated with topical corticosteroids.
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The first episode of mild, nongranulomatous, unilateral anterior uveitis may not require further systemic workup.
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Intermediate uveitis can be associated with systemic diseases, including sarcoidosis and multiple sclerosis. Idiopathic intermediate uveitis without associated systemic disease is categorized as pars planitis.
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Ocular inflammatory diseases are either infectious or noninfectious. Noninfectious diseases can be further subdivided into masquerade syndromes and drug-induced, traumatic, and autoimmune ocular inflammatory conditions.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 9 - Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.