Immunosuppressive drug shows promise in treatment of eye disorder

... professor of ophthalmology. Physicians gave the drug to 84 patients, of whom 61 percent had uveitis (intraocular inflammation), 17 percent had scleritis (inflammation of the outer wall of the eye), 11 percent had mucous membrane pemphigoid (a condition causing scarring of the eyelids) and 11 percent ha...

Scleritis in Medical Definition

Pathology

... - Exophthalmos - Enophthalmos Conjunctiva Conjunctivitis - Pterygium - Subconjunctival hemorrhage Sclera and cornea scleritis - Keratitis - Corneal ulcer - Snow blindness - Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy - Fuchs' dystrophy - Keratoconus - Keratoconj...

Scleritis in Medical Dictionary

Scleritis

Scleritis is a serious inflammatory disease that affects the white outer coating of the eye, known as the sclera. The disease is often contracted through association with other diseases of the body, such as Wegener's granulomatosis or rheumatoid arthritis; it can also... Overview: ...

Episcleritis

...of episcleritis are not well understood. ... Dogs with focal episcleritis develop a raised, pink, smooth, painless, firm, tumor-like mass. ... scleritis and Episcleritis - PatientPlus. Information written by our expert authoring team, consisting of independent GPs, doctors working for producers of GP...