Immunity to a major corneal antigen was studied in 28 Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis patients and compared with the response of 44 patients with other types of uveitis and 19 healthy controls. The highest incidence of immune response was found in patients with anterior segment involvement only (anterior uveitis and Fuchs') whereas the frequency of anti-corneal immune response in patients with po...

In 1906 Ernst Fuchs described a condition including heterochromia, unilateral inflammatory signs such as fine “microgranulomatous” keratic precipitates (KPs) as well as unilateral degenerative signs including iris atrophy and vitreous strands. He called the disease heterochromic cyclitis, more precisely his words were “cyclitis associated with heterochromia”, which would later be known by the e...

We report a case of Usher syndrome in association with unilateral Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis.

PURPOSE: To report the postoperative courses of 2 patients with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) and the concentrations of various cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in vitreous fluid samples to obtain insights into pathobiochemical aspects. Subjects: The patients were a 27- and a 47-year-old woman. Phacoemulsification and aspiration, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and pars p...

PURPOSE To evaluate the visual outcomes and complications of phacoemulsification (PE) and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, (PC IOL) in patients with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHIC). SETTING Private clinic and an academic hospital. METHODS In this noncomparative interventional case series, existing data for 41 eyes of 40 consecutive patients clinically diagnosed with...

Purpose: To investigate long-term visual outcome and complications after cataract extraction and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) Methods: In this retrospective study in a private eye clinic in Tehran, 25 eyes of 24 patients with FHI who underwent cataract extraction and IOL implantation were evaluated based on their visual outcome and intraoperati...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to look for any possible associations in 58 consecutive cases of Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) in a South Indian patient population. Fifty-eight consecutive cases (59 eyes) of FHI underwent a detailed ocular and systemic evaluation. Routine laboratory investigations for uveitis including serum angiotensin-converting enzyme and enzyme-linked immu...

BACKGROUND Classic retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and other syndromic variants have previously been associated to Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI). Common immunogenic and inflammatory pathways have been proposed to explain the higher incidence of this uveitic phenomenon in patients with retinal dystrophies without definitive answers. Infrequent variants of RP such as inverse RP have not been...