sclerite
Sign in to saveAlso known as Scleritis (disorder), Scleritis, unspecified, Unspecified scleritis (disorder)
infiammazione della sclera (la membrana che protegge buona parte del bulbo oculare).
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Scleritis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Scleritis.png
- Medical condition (new).alt
- In this picture, the eyeball shows a large red inflamed spot on its sclera, a symptom of scleritis, just left of the iris.
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Inflammation of entire thickness of the sclera
- Medical condition (new).field
- Ophthalmology, Optometry
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Eye redness, pain, photophobia, tearing, decrease in visual acuity
- Medical condition (new).onset
- 30 - 60 years of age
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Female gender
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Episcleritis
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Surgery (rarely needed)
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- Uncommon
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
2,901 papers- Necrotizing Scleritis: A Review.Ocular immunology and inflammation · 2024
- [Diagnosis and treatment of episcleritis and scleritis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2016
- [Scleritis and episcleritis].La Revue de medecine interne · 2023
- Scleritis.Survey of ophthalmology · 2005
- Syphilitic scleritis and episcleritis: A review.Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Scleritis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C119046
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13452
- health specialty
- ophthalmology
- ICD-9-CM
- 379.00
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- WikiProject Medicine
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Article · Italiano
Per sclerite in campo medico, si intende un'infiammazione della sclera (la che protegge buona parte del bulbo oculare).
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