Table 4.

Classification Criteria for Sympathetic Ophthalmia

Criteria

1. History of unilateral ocular trauma or surgery

AND

2. Ocular inflammation, either

a. Bilateral OR

b. If there is no view in the inciting eye (e.g. enucleated, phthisis, opaque cornea), then detectable inflammation in the sympathizing eye

AND

3. Evidence of more than isolated anterior uveitis, either

a. Anterior chamber and vitreous inflammation OR

b. Panuveitis with choroidal involvement

Exclusions

1. Positive serology for syphilis using a treponemal test

2. Evidence for sarcoidosis (either bilateral hilar adenopathy on chest imaging or tissue biopsy demonstrating non-caseating granulomata)