July 16, 2012 visible part – optic disc (papillitis of the optic nerve) or the part of the nerve behind the eyeball (retrobulbar neuritis). Symptoms: Symptoms of optic neuritis are loss of vision […]
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July 16, 2012 Orbital pseudo-tumor is a common name for idiopathic inflammatory processes in the orbit: myositis, vasculitis, pseudolimfoma and granulomatous inflammation. Symptoms: Unlike thyroid ophthalmopathy, proptosis is usually unilateral. Besides proptosis, […]
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July 16, 2012 Results of the direct orbit infection are cellulitis, creation of orbital abscess, phlegmonosus inflammation of orbital fat tissue with gradual development of endophlebitis and periphlebitis. Causes: Inflammations of the orbit […]
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July 16, 2012 Dacryoadenitis (lat. dacryoadenitis) is the inflammation of lachrymal glands. Causes: Acute dacryoadenitis (dakrioadenitis acuta) is mostly caused by viral or bacterial infections. Common causes include mumps, Epstein-Barr virus, and […]
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July 16, 2012 Dacryocystitis is the inflammation of the nasolachrymal system, which occurs at children as blenorrhea neonatorum. Causes: Chronic dacryocystitis occurs at nasolachrymal system obstruction, when the bacteria in the nasolachrymal sac […]
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July 16, 2012 Common in all patients with weakened immune systems (due to chemotherapy, immuno-suppression after organ transplantation, AIDS). It occurs in about 40% of patients with AIDS, it is mostly mutual. In […]
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July 16, 2012 It is the inflammation of the retina caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Types: It can be congenital or acquired. Congenital toxoplasmosis is characterized by three Ks: calcifications in the […]
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July 16, 2012 It is an inflammatory disease of one eye (“sympathized eye”) caused by sensitization of the eye to antigens released from the other eye (“sympathetic eye”) after perforate injury, operation or […]
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July 16, 2012 The rear part of the uvea, chorioidea, is strongly related to the retina; so, inflammatory changes within one structure almost always pass on to the other. Therefore, in practice are […]
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July 16, 2012 The inflammatory process is not diffuse but it is placed on some parts of the iris. The creation of giant cells and mononuclears is characteristic. Types: Iridocyclitis tuberculosa In early […]
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