Auto-immune disease

Acne rosacea                          See: Cornea & conjunctiva

Ankylosing spondylitis           See: Anterior chamber

Arthritis                                   See: Anterior chamber

Bechets                                   See: Anterior chamber

Eczema                                    See: Anterior chamber

Episcleritis                                See: Cornea & conjunctiva

Kawasaki’s disease

• Fever
• Conjunctival injection
• Mucocuteanous nodes swell

Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS)    See: Cornea & conjunctiva

Polyarteritis nodosa

• Episcleritis
• Uveitis
• Fever
• Necrotizing arteritis
• Males

Reiters syndrome

Sarcoid

Scleraderma

• Keratitis
• Leathery skin
• Males

Scleritis

• Sever boring pain

Systemic lupus erythematosis

• Conjunctival hyperemia
• Episcleritis
• Butterfly rash
• May imitate many other diseases

Vasculitis

• Inflammatory

Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome

• Bilateral uveitis
• Alopecia
• Vitiligo
• Hearing defects
• If sever choroiditis, known as Harada syndrome
• Japanese and Italians

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