Uveitis Flashcards
Iris nodules
Location:
Koeppe
Busacca
Berlin
KOEPPE: located at pupil margin; occur in granulomatous and nongranulomatous uveitis
BUSACCA: located on anterior iris surface; occur only in granulomatous uveitis BERLIN: located in anterior chamber angle; occur in granulomatous uveitis
Granulomatous Uveitis
Granulomatous
INFECTIOUS: syphilis, TB, leprosy, brucellosis, toxoplasmosis, P. acnes, fungal (Cryptococcus, Aspergillus), HIV
IMMUNE-MEDIATED: sarcoidosis, VKH, sympathetic ophthalmia, phacoanaphylactic
Non-granulomatous uveitis
Acute:
idiopathic
HLA-B27 asso (Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter’s, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowl dis)
Behcet’s dis
Posner-Schlossman syn (glaucomatocyclitic crisis)
HSV
Kawasaki’s
Lyme
Traumatic
Postop
other autoimmune: lupus, relapsing polychondritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, interstitial nephritis)
Chronic (>6 weeks):
JIA
Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis
D/D
Uveitic glaucoma
HSV, HZV Fuchs' Posner-Schlossman Sarcoid Rarely: Toxo, syphilis, S.O.
D/D
hypotony
HLA-B27 a/w Infection (keratitis, endophthalmitis) Foreign body JIA Behcet's VKH malignancy (leukemia, lymphoma, retinoblastoma) Toxi (rifabutin)
D/D
diffuse KP
Fuchs' Sarcoidosis syphilis keratouveitis toxo (rarely)
NONGRANULOMATOUS
GRANULOMATOUS
composed of what cells?
Nongranulomatous:
lymphocytes
PMNs
Granulomatous: macrophages lymphocytes epithelioid cells multinucleated giant cells
Expanded w/u for:
recurrent ant uveitis >3
granulomatous
Pos of review of sys
post involvement
ESR, ACE, ANA, ANCA, IL-10, PPD plus anergy panel, CXR or chest CT
consider Lyme test in endemic areas, HLA typing (25% with HLA-B27 develop sacroiliac disease, so obtain sacroiliac X-ray), HIV Ab test
Targeted w/u for
CHILD WITH RECURRENT OR CHRONIC IRIDOCYCLITIS:
rule out JIA (usually ANA-positive, RF-negative)
ANA
RF
HLA-B8
Targeted w/u for
RETINAL VASCULITIS
RECURRENT APHTHOUS ULCERS
PRETIBIAL SKIN LESIONS
rule out Behçet’s disease
Skin lesion biopsy
HLA-B51 and -B27
Targeted w/u for:
PARS PLANITIS AND EPISODIC PARESTHESIAS:
rule out multiple sclerosis (MS)
Brain MRI Lumbar puncture
D/D
iris heterochromia
trauma (intraocular metallic foreign body), inflammation, congenital Horner’s syndrome, iris melanoma, Waardenburg’s syndrome (iris heterochromia, telecanthus, white forelock, congenital deafness), Parry-Romberg syndrome (iris heterochromia, Horner’s syndrome, ocular motor palsies, nystagmus, facial hemiatrophy), glaucomatocyclitic crisis, medication (topical prostaglandin analogues [Xalatan, Lumigan, Travatan]), nevus of Ota
Tx for toxo
-pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine and folinic acid; add prednisone 48 hr later
OR:
-oral or invitravitreal clindamycin and dexamethasone
-azithromycin +/- pyrimethamine
Onchocerciasis treatment
ivermectin + doxycycline (for Wolbachia crucial for worn fertility and survival)
CMV retinitis
does not require testing and a primarily clinical dx.
serology least helpful due to positivity in general population
Retisert
fluocinolone acetonide
release for 30 months
CMV retinitis
- response to treatment is indicated by lesion size and activity at the border of lesion
- Activity reflected by the new retinal hemorrhage and whitening at the border.
- Vitritis is uncommon
Uveitides benefit from eary immunomodulatory tx
Behcet’s (azathioprine 1st preferred line; CSA or infliximab 2nd; Chlorambucil most effective in achieving durable remission)
Necrotizing scleritis
VKH
S.O.
ibopamine
non-selective dopaminergic med increase aqueous production 4-fold
alkylating agents SE
pneumocystis carinii tx by Bactrim DS
Sterility
Malignancy
Hemorrhagic cystitis-cyclophosphamide