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For patients with evidence of prior bilateral uveitis (PS, pupillary membranes, inactive KP, no view posteriorly) who reports no prior symptoms and who has had negative lab work-up, when do you consider repeat work-up and which labs would you repeat?

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Ophthalmology · Massachusetts Eye and Ear

This is a difficult question to answer succinctly, as so much information is missing to provide a complete response. However, it does raise some important points that are worth mentioning:

  1. There is a prevailing tenet, which I was taught as a resident and hear often from residents today, that 1st epis...

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Ophthalmology · Center For Advanced Eye Care

With "No posterior view," the first thing I would want to know is much more about that. Combined with "no prior symptoms," that's a bit of a non sequitur.

I'd consult rheum at this point. Always call a friend for a different point of view on a patient seemingly racing towards blindness without expla...

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For patients with evidence of prior bilateral uveitis (PS, pupillary membranes, inactive KP, no view posteriorly) who reports no prior symptoms and who has had negative lab work-up, when do you consider repeat work-up and which labs would you repeat? | Mednet