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Posterior Scleritis

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Posterior scleritis is the rarest form of scleritis that is usually unilateral, associated with pain, diminution of vision, and swelling. This condition can present with a wide range of clinical findings which may be confused for other entities such as orbital tumors, intraocular inflammation, and noninflammatory ocular diseases. Bilateral cases have also been reported in literature. Adequate systemic corticosteroid therapy and immunosuppression help in resolution of the condition.

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Aniruddha Agarwal, Kanika Aggarwal, Ramanuj Samanta & Vishali Gupta

  2. National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Muhammad Amir & Rupesh Agrawal

  3. Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore

    Rupesh Agrawal

  4. Moorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Rupesh Agrawal

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Correspondence to Aniruddha Agarwal , Kanika Aggarwal , Muhammad Amir , Ramanuj Samanta , Rupesh Agrawal or Vishali Gupta .

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  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.

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Agarwal, A., Aggarwal, K., Amir, M., Samanta, R., Agrawal, R., Gupta, V. (2016). Posterior 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_74-1

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