Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation

Comprehensive Factual Review
Friday 3/31/08 - 7:00 AM to Noon
Section # F-701

Course Instructors

 

Module 1: Basic Concepts & General Principles

Howard Tessler, MD

 

Basic Concepts:                        Adaptive & Innate immune response (similarities & differences)

                                                Immunity versus Inflammation

                                                Components of Immune System (leukocytes & lymphoid tissues)

                                                Immune Response Arc (afferent, processing, effector phase), clinical examples

                                                Immunological memory

                                                Examples of ocular immune responses (conjunctiva, Uvea, cornea/sclera, retina)                       

General Priniciples:                   Clinical approach to uveitis (symptoms, signs, classification)

                                                Laboratory & medical evaluation

                                                Medical management / Surgical management

 

Module 2: Anterior Uveitis & Intermediate Uveitis

Ali Djalilian, MD

Anterior Uveitis:                        Acute:

                                                HLA-B27 related, Bechet, Posner Schlossman syndrome

                                                Lens associated (phacolytic, phacotoxic, phacoanaphylactic), IOL associated

                                                Herpetic & other viral

                                                Drug induced uveitis

 

                                                Chronic:

                                                Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)

                                                Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis

 

Intermediate Uveitis:                 Pars Planitis

                                                Multiple sclerosis

 

Module 3: Posterior Uveitis
Howard Tessler, MD


Posterior Uveitis                       Infectious diseases:

                                                Viral (acute retinal necrosis, CMV, EBV)

                                                Fungal (histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis)

                                                Protozoal (Toxoplasmosis)

                                                Helminthic (Toxocariasis, Cysticercosis, DUSN)

 

                                                Collagen Vascular Diseases (SLE, PAN, Wegener)

                                                Retinochoroidopathies (APMPPE, ARPE, AZOOR, MEWDS, PIC, SFU, MCP)

 

 

Module 4: Panuveitis and Endophthalmitis
Howard Tessler, MD


Panuveitis                                 Bacterial (Syphilis, Lyme, Tuberculosis)

                                                Immunologic (Sarcoidosis, Sympathetic Ophthalmia, VKH)

 

Endophthalmitis                        Postoperative, Posttraumatic, Endogenous

 

Module 5: Complications of Uveitis & Miscellaneous topics
Howard Tessler, MD


Complications of Uveitis           Cataract, Glaucoma, Hypotony, CME, RD, CNV

Masquerade Syndrome             Nonneoplastic

                                                Neoplastic (lymphoma)

Ocular Involvement in AIDS