Panuveitis

Introduction: Panuveitis

Description of Panuveitis

Panuveitis (medical condition): Inflammation of the whole uvea. The uvea is the middle coat of the eye. See also Panuveitis:
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Panuveitis: Inflammation of the uveal tract involving both the anterior segment (iris and ciliary body) and the posterior segment (choroid).
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Panuveitis: Inflammation in which both the anterior and posterior segments of the uvea are involved and a specific focus is not apparent. It is often severe and extensive and a serious threat to vision. Causes include systemic diseases such as tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and syphilis, as well as malignancies. The intermediate segment of the eye is not involved.
Source: MeSH 2007

Panuveitis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Panuveitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Panuveitis, or a subtype of Panuveitis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Panuveitis as a Disease

Panuveitis (medical condition): See Panuveitis (disease information).
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More information on medical condition: Panuveitis:

• Information about Panuveitis
• Basic Summary for Panuveitis
• Symptoms of Panuveitis
• Complications of Panuveitis

Terms associated with Panuveitis:

Terms Similar to Panuveitis:

• Inflammation of the whole uveal tract

Source - NIH

More specific terms for Panuveitis:

• Ophthalmia, Sympathetic
• Uveitis, Anterior
• Uveitis, Posterior

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Panuveitis

• Uveitis

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Panuveitis

The following list attempts to classify Panuveitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Eye Diseases
  • Uveal Diseases
    • Uveitis
      • Panuveitis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other endophthalmitis
• Unspecified disorder of globe
• Unspecified disorder of eye and adnexa
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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