Monday, August 25, 2008

Sympathy

In an unfortunate industrial accident, a patient's right eye is lacerated with a sharp instrument. He loses function of that eye, but it is not removed. Several years later, the other eye is diagnosed with uveitis. Weird.

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  1. CraigAugust 27, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    Sympathy

    This is sympathetic ophthalmia, a disorder that results from an immune response to ocular antigens released during penetrating trauma. The sensitized immune system then causes inflammation of the contralateral eye.

    Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.

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