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Scleritis is a serious inflammatory disease that affects the white outer coating of the eye, known as the sclera. The disease is often contracted through association with other diseases of the body, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis or rheumatoid arthritis .
Workup of the patient with papillitis includes lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. B. henselae infection can be detected by serology. MRI is the preferred imaging study. An abnormal MRI is associated with a worse visual outcome. [3]
Episcleritis is a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera.The episclera is a thin layer of tissue that lies between the conjunctiva and the connective tissue layer that forms the white of the eye ().
[3] [6] [4] [8] [9] The most common forms of ocular involvement are usually mild and often consist of unilateral or bilateral episcleritis and/or scleritis, that is often anterior and could be lingering or relapsing. [3] [4] Scleritis that is necrotizing is found to be exceedingly rare. [3] Less often, conjunctivitis occurs.
Scleritis: Sclera: Various Possible [107] Susac's syndrome: Retina, cochlea, and brain None specific Probable [108] Sympathetic ophthalmia: Uveal tract: Various Probable Rare [109] Tolosa–Hunt syndrome: Orbit None specific Uncertain Rare [110]
scleritis [13] – a serious inflammatory condition, often painful, that can result in permanent vision loss, and without an identifiable cause in half of those presenting with it. About 30–40% have an underlying systemic autoimmune condition.
Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) is a group of destructive inflammatory diseases involving the peripheral cornea in human eyes. [1] The symptoms of PUK include pain, redness of the eyeball, photophobia, and decreased vision accompanied by distinctive signs of crescent-shaped damage of the cornea.
[7] [14] Inflammation of the outer layers of the eye (scleritis and episcleritis [15] [16]) and conjunctivitis are the most common signs of GPA in the eye; involvement of the eyes is common and occurs in slightly more than half of people with the disease. [6] Kidney: rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (75%), leading to chronic kidney disease