Episcleritis

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Etiology 3 Clinical-manifestations 4 Management 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 References

Introduction

• Inflammation of the episcleral connective tissue.

Etiology

• allergy
• rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical-manifestations

• occasionally painful
• rarely results in a discharge

Management

• generally self-limited

More General Terms

• inflammation
• eye disease (ophthalmopathy)

Additional Terms

• episclera
• rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• scleritis

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998

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