RT Book, Section
A1 Singh, Manpreet
A1 Whitfield, Denise
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181038362
T1 Anterior Uveitis (Iritis)
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181038362
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  uvea  is  the  middle  layer  of  the  eye.  Inflammation  of  the  anterior  portion  (iris  and  ciliary  body)  is  called  anterior  uveitis  or  iritis.  The  posterior  portion  includes  the  choroid.  Approximately  half  of  cases  of  iritis  are  associated  with  systemic  disease.  These  include  inflammatory  disorders  (rheumatoid  arthritis,  Behçet  disease,  sarcoid),  HLA-B27–associated  conditions  (ankylosing  spondylitis,  inflammatory  bowel  disease,  Reiter  syndrome),  and  infectious  causes  (zoster,  tuberculosis,  toxoplasmosis,  AIDS).