Drug-induced uveitis: A review
Manisha Agarwal1, Parthopratim Dutta Majumder2, Kalpana Babu3, Vinaya Kumar Konana4, Mallika Goyal5, Sara Touhami5, Dinu Stanescu-Segall5, Bahram Bodaghi5
1 Vitreoretina and Uveitis Services, Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India 2 Department of Uveitis, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3 Department of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation, Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology, Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 4 Retina-Uveitis Service, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 5 Department of Ophthalmology, IHU FOReSIGHT, Pitie-Salpetriere Universtiy Hospital, Paris, France
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Manisha Agarwal Vitreoretina and veitis Services, Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, 5027 - Kedar Nath Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110 002 India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_816_20
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Uveitis maybe induced by the use of various medications known as drug-induced uveitis (DIU), though rare it is an important cause of uveitis which one needs to be aware of. The drugs may be administered through any route including systemic, topical, and intravitreal. Ocular inflammation can be in the form of anterior, intermediate, posterior or pan uveitis, and rarely may present as episcleritis and scleritis. Identification of drug as the offending agent of uveitis is important as many a times stopping the drug may help recover the uveitis or the concomitant use of corticosteroids. An extensive literature review was done using the Pubmed. An overview of DIU is provided as it is important for us to be aware of this clinical entity.
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