Pediatric uveitis: a diagnostic dilemma

Pediatric uveitis: a diagnostic dilemma

Diagnostic return is best in children with posterior uveitis, where the most common causes are toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis. Both toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis may produce moderate to severe vitreous and anterior chamber inflammation, however, so it is essential that all children with what appear...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ophthalmology Times 2003-11, Vol.28 (21), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Cunningham, Jr, Emmett T, Dunn, Jr., James P, Foster, C. Stephen, Holland, Gary N, Tessler, Howard H
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Arthritis
Care and treatment
Causes of
Children
Children & youth
Diagnosis
Drug therapy
Enzymes
Eyes & eyesight
Laboratories
Leukemia
Ophthalmology
Patients
Sarcoidosis
Syphilis
Uveitis
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Zusammenfassung:Diagnostic return is best in children with posterior uveitis, where the most common causes are toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis. Both toxoplasmosis and toxocariasis may produce moderate to severe vitreous and anterior chamber inflammation, however, so it is essential that all children with what appears to be "intermediate" or "diffuse" uveitis have an examination of the entire retina, including the far periphery, before uveitis is labeled as "idiopathic."
ISSN:0193-032X
2150-7333