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A 40-year-old man who suffered a penetrating trauma to his left eye 3 months ago now presents with decreased vision, pain, and photophobia in the uni…
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A 40-year-old man who suffered a penetrating trauma to his left eye 3 months ago now presents with decreased vision, pain, and photophobia in the uninjured right eye. Examination reveals bilateral granulomatous panuveitis with Dalen-Fuchs nodules. What is the diagnosis for the condition affecting the right eye?
- A.Phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis
- B.Sympathetic ophthalmiaCorrect answer
- C.Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
- D.Glaucomatocyclitic crisis
Solution
Sympathetic ophthalmia is a bilateral granulomatous panuveitis that occurs following a penetrating ocular trauma or surgery to one eye (exciting eye), leading to inflammation in the fellow uninjured eye (sympathetic eye). Dalen-Fuchs nodules (granulomas between the retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane) are a classic histopathological feature.
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