uveitis, symptoms - potential disease processs
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:56 am
Uveitis/symptoms/potential disease processes
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The lists below include some of the most common systemic findings in patients with uveitis. This is borrowed from an article on uveitis at emedicine.com msb
Head/CNS
Headaches - VKH disease, sarcoidosis, Behçet disease, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, large cell lymphoma, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), Cryptococcus meningitis, toxoplasmosis, Lyme disease
Auditory/vestibular - VKH disease, sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis, Eales disease, syphilis
Cranial neuropathy - Lyme disease, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, syphilis, herpes simplex virus
Psychosis - VKH disease, Behçet disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Cerebral vasculitis - Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE), Behçet disease, herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster virus, syphilis, Lyme disease
Ear/Nose/Throat
Bilateral ear pinna inflammation - Relapsing polychondritis
Saddle nose deformity - Syphilis, Wegener granulomatosis, relapsing polychondritis
Oral ulcers - Behçet disease, SLE, herpes simplex, Reiter syndrome, ulcerative colitis
Sinusitis - Sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis
Salivary/lacrimal gland swelling - Sarcoidosis, lymphoma
Lymphadenopathy - Lymphoma, HIV, toxoplasmosis
Gastrointestinal
Diarrhea - Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, Whipple disease
Jaundice/hepatosplenomegaly - Brucellosis, CMV, sarcoidosis, infectious hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis
Pulmonary
Cough, shortness of breath - Tuberculosis (TB), sarcoidosis, Pneumocystis carinii, malignancy, Wegener granulomatosis
Chest CT scan/chest x-ray: nodules, hilar adenopathy, infiltrates - Ocular histoplasmosis, sarcoidosis (hilar adenopathy), malignancy, TB, P carinii pneumonia
Genitourinary
Genital ulcers - Behçet disease, Reiter syndrome, syphilis
Hematuria - Wegener granulomatosis, PAN, SLE
Circinate balanitis - Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter syndrome
Urethral discharge - Reiter syndrome, syphilis
Nephritis - PAN, Wegener granulomatosis
Epididymitis - PAN, Behçet disease, Reiter syndrome
Dermatologic
Alopecia - VKH disease, syphilis
Vitiligo, poliosis - VKH disease
Nodules - Sarcoidosis, SLE, leprosy, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis
Rash - Syphilis, Lyme disease, Reiter syndrome, leprosy, sarcoidosis, herpes zoster, Behçet disease, psoriasis, SLE
Keratoderma blennorrhagicum - Reiter syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis
Erythema nodosum - Behçet disease, sarcoidosis, APMPPE
Musculoskeletal
Arthralgias/arthritis - Behçet disease, sarcoidosis, SLE, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), Lyme disease, syphilis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter syndrome, ulcerative colitis
Sacroiliitis - Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease
Constitutional
Fever - Reiter syndrome, Behçet disease, PAN, inflammatory bowel disease, HIV, TB, coccidioidomycosis, Whipple disease
Night sweats - Malignancy, TB, sarcoidosis, coccidioidomycosis
Flulike symptoms - APMPPE, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS)
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The lists below include some of the most common systemic findings in patients with uveitis. This is borrowed from an article on uveitis at emedicine.com msb
Head/CNS
Headaches - VKH disease, sarcoidosis, Behçet disease, tuberculosis, herpes zoster, large cell lymphoma, polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), Cryptococcus meningitis, toxoplasmosis, Lyme disease
Auditory/vestibular - VKH disease, sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis, Eales disease, syphilis
Cranial neuropathy - Lyme disease, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, syphilis, herpes simplex virus
Psychosis - VKH disease, Behçet disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Cerebral vasculitis - Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE), Behçet disease, herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster virus, syphilis, Lyme disease
Ear/Nose/Throat
Bilateral ear pinna inflammation - Relapsing polychondritis
Saddle nose deformity - Syphilis, Wegener granulomatosis, relapsing polychondritis
Oral ulcers - Behçet disease, SLE, herpes simplex, Reiter syndrome, ulcerative colitis
Sinusitis - Sarcoidosis, Wegener granulomatosis
Salivary/lacrimal gland swelling - Sarcoidosis, lymphoma
Lymphadenopathy - Lymphoma, HIV, toxoplasmosis
Gastrointestinal
Diarrhea - Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, Whipple disease
Jaundice/hepatosplenomegaly - Brucellosis, CMV, sarcoidosis, infectious hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis
Pulmonary
Cough, shortness of breath - Tuberculosis (TB), sarcoidosis, Pneumocystis carinii, malignancy, Wegener granulomatosis
Chest CT scan/chest x-ray: nodules, hilar adenopathy, infiltrates - Ocular histoplasmosis, sarcoidosis (hilar adenopathy), malignancy, TB, P carinii pneumonia
Genitourinary
Genital ulcers - Behçet disease, Reiter syndrome, syphilis
Hematuria - Wegener granulomatosis, PAN, SLE
Circinate balanitis - Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter syndrome
Urethral discharge - Reiter syndrome, syphilis
Nephritis - PAN, Wegener granulomatosis
Epididymitis - PAN, Behçet disease, Reiter syndrome
Dermatologic
Alopecia - VKH disease, syphilis
Vitiligo, poliosis - VKH disease
Nodules - Sarcoidosis, SLE, leprosy, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis
Rash - Syphilis, Lyme disease, Reiter syndrome, leprosy, sarcoidosis, herpes zoster, Behçet disease, psoriasis, SLE
Keratoderma blennorrhagicum - Reiter syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis
Erythema nodosum - Behçet disease, sarcoidosis, APMPPE
Musculoskeletal
Arthralgias/arthritis - Behçet disease, sarcoidosis, SLE, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), Lyme disease, syphilis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter syndrome, ulcerative colitis
Sacroiliitis - Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease
Constitutional
Fever - Reiter syndrome, Behçet disease, PAN, inflammatory bowel disease, HIV, TB, coccidioidomycosis, Whipple disease
Night sweats - Malignancy, TB, sarcoidosis, coccidioidomycosis
Flulike symptoms - APMPPE, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS)