Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Algorithm for Work-Up of Episcleritis and Scleritis

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
The Uveitis Atlas

  • 360 Accesses

Abstract

Episcleritis and scleritis are two important differential diagnoses for a patient with red eye. While episcleritis is a self-limiting condition, scleritis is often associated with systemic autoimmune disease and may lead to severe complications and blindness. A systematic approach is imperative in monitoring and management of patients with episcleritis and scleritis. A brief algorithm for management of red eye is outlined in this chapter with accompanying visual aids.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Suggested Reading

  • Berchicci L, Miserocchi E, Modorati G, et al. Clinical features of patients with episcleritis and scleritis in an Italian tertiary referral center. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2014;24(3):293–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Heron E, Gutzwiller-Fontaine M, Bourcier T. Scleritis and episcleritis: diagnosis and treatment. Rev Med Interne. 2014;35(9):577–85.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Homayounfar G, Nardone N, et al. Incidence of scleritis and episcleritis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013;156(4):752–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Homayounfar G, Borkar DS, Acharya NR, et al. Clinical characteristics of scleritis and episcleritis: results from the pacific ocular inflammation study. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2014;22(5):403–4.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Honik G, Wong IG, Gritz DC. Incidence and prevalence of episcleritis and scleritis in Northern California. Cornea. 2013;32(12):1562–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Nguyen P, Yiu SC. Imaging studies in a case of infectious scleritis after pterygium excision. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2012;19(3):337–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Okhravi N, Odufuwa B, McCluskey P, et al. Scleritis. Surv Ophthalmol. 2005;50:351–63.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ramenaden ER, Raiji VR. Clinical characteristics and visual outcomes in infectious scleritis: a review. Clin Ophthalmol. 2013;7:2113–22.

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Sainz-de-la-Maza M, Jabbur NS, Foster CS. Severity of scleritis and episcleritis. Ophthalmology. 1994;101:389–96.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sainz de la Maza M, Molina N, Foster CS, et al. Clinical characteristics of a large cohort of patients with scleritis and episcleritis. Ophthalmology. 2012;119(1):43–50.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Watson PG, Hayreh SS. Scleritis and episcleritis. Br J Ophthalmol. 1976;60(3):163–91.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Clinical Research, Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), 308433, Singapore, Singapore

    Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran

  2. National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433, Singapore, Singapore

    Rupesh Agrawal

Authors
  1. Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Rupesh Agrawal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rupesh Agrawal .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer India

About this entry

Cite this entry

Gunasekeran, D.V., Agrawal, R. (2016). Algorithm for Work-Up of Episcleritis and Scleritis. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_106-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_106-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New Delhi

  • Online ISBN: 978-81-322-2506-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference MedicineReference Module Medicine

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation