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sympathetic ophthalmia (SO); transferred ophthalmia
Pathology:
- uveitis resulting from a perforating wound of the uvea, followed by a similar (sympathetic-mediated) reaction in the other eye
Complications: blindness
Related
sympathetic nervous system
General
ophthalmia; ophthalmitis
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.