Iritis is also known as acute anterior uveitis. What causes iritis? Iritis is often idiopathic, that is, it occurs spontaneously without any known cause, ...

Current biometric identification systems employing iris scan technology may fail in the presence of anterior uveitis. Previous studies have suggested that cataract surgery can, in some cases ...

By far the most common type is acute anterior uveitis, which affects the iris and front of the eye. “Typically, you have an attack and you get over it, but you are prone to an another attack ...

Uveitis refers to inflammation of the uvea, which is the middle layer of the eye comprising the choroid, ciliary body and iris. Other areas of the eye, such as the vitreous, retina and optic nerve ...

Uveitis is classified depending on the structure affected: • Anterior uveitis: affects the parts of the uvea at the front of the eye, the iris and the ciliary body. • Iritis: inflammation of the iris ...

The most common type of uveitis is anterior uveitis, which affects the iris and ciliary body at the front of the eye. This type of uveitis, also known as iritis, is characterized by eye pain ...

A 72-year-old woman was referred to the uveitis clinic at the New England Eye Center for recurrent bilateral iritis and persistent cystoid macular edema 6 months after cataract surgery in both ...

Only in one patient, with a history of anterior uveitis, an anterior chamber tap was positive for herpes simplex genome. Only after the use of moxifloxacin did she experience continuous photophobia.

Uveitis is inflammation of the eye originating in the uvea, which includes the iris, ciliary body, and the choroid. Anterior uveitis affects the iris; intermediate uveitis affects the ciliary body ...

The eyeball is enclosed within three layers: the uvea is the layer lying between the outer layer (the sclera) and the inner (the retina, the light-gathering nerve layer). The uvea consists of the iris ...