2. • 38 year old male complained of right eye pain
and redness for 5 days duration.
CHIEF COMPLAINT
Personal information
He is from Zhemgang, married with two children and is gardener by profession
3. • He developed slow onset of pain in his right eye
and increase progression of pain. He had
associated redness, photophobia, excessive
tearing and reduced vision.
HISTORY OF CHIEF COMPLAINT
4. • No joint pain
• No history of asthma or symptoms suggestive of
chest infection
• No gastro intestinal symptoms
• No history of haematuria or urethral discharge
• No skin conditions
SYSTEMIC REVIEW
5. • Past ocular history/ocular medications/systemic
medications/comorbidities/allergies/family
history/social history
• No pets in house
HISTORY CONT.
6. Examination
Right eye Left eye
Visual acuity 6/60 6/6
With pinhole 6/12 6/6
Color vision Normal Normal
Extraocular movements Normal Normal
Lids and adnexa Normal Normal
Conjunctiva and sclera Circumcorneal congestion Normal
Cornea Clear Clear
Anterior chamber Cells grade +4 and flare
grade +3
Normal
Iris and lens Posterior synechia Normal
Pupil Round regular and miotic Round regular and reactive
IOP by Icare 13 mmhg 11 mmhg
Dilated Funduscopy NAD NAD
7. • 38 year old male presented to eye OPD with
right eye pain with redness for 5 days duration
with associated photophobia, excessive tearing
and reduced vision. On examination there was
no significant findings in his left eye. On his right
eye his visual acuity was 6/12 with pin hole. He
had circumcorneal congestion and had grade +4
cells and grade +3 flare in anterior chamber with
posterior synechia and miosis. He doesn’t have
any clinical features suggestive of systemic
disorder.
CASE SUMMARY
8. DIAGNOSIS
Acute anterior uveitis
Supporting points
• Unilateral eye pain with
photophobia and redness with
excessive tearing for duration of 5
days.
• Circumcorneal congestion with
anterior chamber cells and flare
with posterior synechia and miosis.
• Fundus appeared normal
Non-Supporting points
• Slow onset
Aetiology
• Idiopathic
• HLA-B27 associated uveitis
• Behcet disease
• Lyme disease
21. • In a large community-based study, the vast
majority of uveitis cases were anterior (71%),
followed by posterior uveitis (5%) and
intermediate and panuveitis (1% each).
• The most common causes of anterior uveitis are
idiopathic (38−56%), the seronegative
spondyloarthropathies (21−23%), juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA; 9−11%), and herpetic
keratouveitis (6−10%).
22. • Presentation: sudden onset of unilateral pain,
photophobia and redness, which maybe
associated with lacrimation.
• Visual acuity is usually good at presentation
except in eyes with severe hypopyon
CLINICAL FEATURES
34. Treatment
Mydriatics
Short acting Long acting
Tropicamide (6 hours) Homatropine (2 days)
Cyclopentolate(24 hours) Atropine(2 weeks)
Phenylephrine(3 hours)
Promote comfort
Break down
recently formed
posterior
synechiae
Prevent formation
of posterior
synechiae
35. Topical steroids
AAU CAU
• Frequent instillation of
drops at first
• The frequency is tapered
off once the inflammation
gets controlled
• Exacerbations treated as
AAU
• The intensity of flare can
also indicate an active
process
• Follow up of patient
regularly
37. Periocular steroid injection
Advantages
• Therapeutic concentrations behind the lens
may be achieved
• Trans-sclerally entrance
• Prolonged effect
Indications
• First line therapy in unilateral
intermediate or posterior uveitis
• Supplement systemic therapy or when
systemic steroids are contraindicated
• Poor compliance
• At time of surgery
39. Systemic steroids
• Oral prednisolone and intravenous infusion of methylprednisolone
Indications
• Intermediate uveitis unresponsive to
posterior sub tenon injection
• Posterior or panuveitis, particularly
with bilateral involvement
• Prior to intraocular surgery
• Anterior uveitis resistant to topical.
Contraindications
• Poorly controlled diabetes
• Peptic ulceration
• Osteoporosis
• Active systemic infection
• Psychosis on previous exposure to
steroids
Short term side effects Long term side effects
• Dyspepsia
• Mental changes
• Electrolyte imbalance
• Aseptic necrosis of the head of the
femur
• Cushingoid state
• Osteoporosis
• Limitation of growth
• TB reactivation
• Cataract
• Diabetes and myopathy
40. Antimetabolites
Azathioprine Methotrexate Mycophenolate mofetil
Indications Behcet syndrome
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
syndrome
Uveitis associated with
sarcoidosis and
Juvenile idiopathic
arthritis
Alternative to
azathioprine
Dose and
route
Starting dose=1-3mg/kg
After 1-2 weeks dose is
doubled
Stopped only after disease
has been inactive for over
1 year and the daily steroid
dose is under 7.5mg
Adult:10-25mg weekly
Children:30mg
Folic acid 2.5-5mg/ day
1-2 g daily orally
Side effects Bone marrow suppression,
hepatotoxicity and nausea
+ acute pneumonitis Gastrointestinal
disturbance and bone
marrow supression
Monitoring CBC and LFT CBC and LFT CBC
41. Calcineurin inhibitors
Ciclosporin Tacrolimus
Indications Behcet syndrome, intermediate
uveitis, birdshot choroidopathy,
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome,
sympathetic ophthalmitis and
idiopathic retinal vasculitis
Alternative to Ciclosporin
Dose and route 2.5-7.5mg/kg daily orally 1-0.25mg/kg daily orally
Side effects Nephrotoxicity, hyperlipidaemia,
hepatotoxicity, hypertension,
hirsutism and gingival hyperplasia
Hyperglycaemia, neurotoxicity and
nephrotoxicity
monitoring Blood pressure, RFT and LFT + blood glucose