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ciliary flush

Etiology: 1) keratitis 2) iritis 3) uveitis Pathology: - dilated conjunctival vessels Clinical manifestations: - circumferential redness of the eye around the border of the sclera & cornea (corneal limbus) Differential diagnosis: - diltate blood vessels of scleritis & episcleritis may involve a single quadrant of the eye [2]

Related

anterior uveitis (iritis, iridocyclitis) keratitis uveitis

General

red eye (pink eye, ocular erythema)

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015, 2018.
  2. NEJM Knowledge+ Ophthalmology