Iritis gummosa

Iritis Following Cataract Extraction

operations. The cause in most cases is an infection which occurs at the time of operation; but it may sometimes be derived from the surface of the wound and is occasionally endogenous. Its onset is favoured by any condition which debilitates the patient, such as diabetes, pyorrhoea, and gastro-intestinal disturbances, and by the presence of lens matter in the anterior chamber."(l) This subject ...

Rheumatic iritis and iridocyclitis.

Every text-book of ophthalmology mentions "rheumatic" iritis and iridocyclitis, either as the sole manifestation of the rheumatic state or as one of a series of rheumatic symptoms. It appears, however, that this type of eye lesion is not associated with rheumatic conditions in general, but only with the clearly defined complaint known as ankylosing spondylitis. We have studied some thousands of...

Fibrinous iritis due to oxybuprocaine.

Following minor surgery performed under topical application of oxybuprocaine (Dorsacaine, Novesin) two patients suffered from fibrinous iritis and moderate corneal swelling. We believe that this represents a toxic reaction caused by an inadvertent entry of this drug into the anterior chamber during the procedure.

Iritis ( White Eye ) in Fowls

One member of this family developed a spontaneous choroidal detachment about three months after sclero-corneal trephining, and tbI persisted unchanged for a year. It was (unsuccessfully) tven0d by a cautery puncture and is still present. The second family comprises six siblings out of a family of ten, one of whom died in infancy. Of the nine living siblings, eight are said to be glaucomatous, a...

Iritis Boeck (sarkoid of Boeck in Iris).