Table 1:

Causes of uveitis and representative examples

Infections such as herpes simplex, herpes zoster, tuberculosis, and syphilis

Syndromes confined primarily to the eye such as pars planitis, sympathetic ophthalmia, and punctate inner choroidopathy

Masquerade syndromes such lymphoma, leukemia, and retinal detachment

Reactions to medications such as checkpoint inhibitors for cancer and rifabutin

Trauma such as after cataract surgery

Systemic immune mediated diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease