Table 21.
System | Organ | Symptoms | Abnormalities in diagnostic test results | Suspected pathology |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ocular | Middle layer of the eye |
Blurred vision Floaters Flashing lights Eye redness Change in color vision Photophobia/ light sensitivity Visual distortion Scotomas Visual field changes Double vision Tenderness Pain with eye movement Eyelid swelling Proptosis Scotomas Tender eyes |
Clinical examination (visual acuity, color vision, test for afferent pupillary defect) Ophthalmoscopy |
Uveitis Iritis |
Episcleral tissue | Clinical examination (difference in redness of eye) | Episcleritis | ||
Eyelid | Clinical examination (the presence of scurf, telangiectatic vascular changes of the eyelid margin, inspissated meibomian glands, conjunctival hyperemia, punctuate keratopathy, cornea vascularization, and ulceration) | Blepharitis | ||
Uvea |
Conjunctival redness Eye pain Photophobia Floaters Blurred vision |
Ophthalmologic examination Funduscopic examination Fluorescein angiography Electrophysiological examination |
Uveitis | |
Eye signs (blurred vision, bilateral uveitis) Inner ear signs (hearing loss) Neurological signs (acute encephalitis signs, headache, meningismus) Cutaneous demonstration (vitiligo, alopecia) |
Ocular coherence tomography (exudative detachments of the retina in the acute stage, along with choroidal thickening and demonstrating choroidal thinning in the chronic stage) |
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (uveomeningitis) |