Uveitis

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When performing cataract surgery in a patient with uveitis, it is important to both plan ahead and plan for contingencies, Jessica B. Ciralsky, MD, said at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

The pandemic has changed the way ophthalmologists treat and manage patients with uveitis, according to a panel discussion at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Local therapy can work as well as systemic therapy in uveitis management, with shorter-acting steroid agents working better for acute disease and longer-acting agents working better for recurring disease, according to a speaker.

A 28-year-old woman presented to the department of ophthalmology at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center with 2 months of headaches and progressive visual changes in both eyes.

At the virtual Euretina meeting, Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, discusses local therapies for noninfectious uveitis, an approach that avoids the side effects of systemic treatment.

In June, WHO declared an end to the second largest Ebola outbreak ever, surpassed in size only by the West African Ebola epidemic.

Cataract surgery in eyes with small pupils is a challenge, and having a history of uveitis makes it even more so due to the iris synechiae that tend to form.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium has accepted Iluvien for prevention of relapse in recurrent noninfectious posterior segment uveitis, Alimera announced in a press release.

A 61-year-old man presented to the Lahey Clinic Emergency Department with a 4-day history of sudden onset painless blurred vision in the right eye. More specifically, he described a new “blind spot” just temporal to central vision.