Scleritis

Dermatitis

Classification according to ICD-10
H15.-	Affections of the sclera
H15.0	Scleritis
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

In medicine, the term scleritis describes a condition in which the sclera (outer solid covering of the eyeball, "dermis") shows signs of inflammation .

The bradytrophic sclera is rarely affected, but can be affected by inflammatory processes from the outside ( conjunctiva and orbit ) as well as from the inside ( uvea ). Causal can u. a. Sarcoid , gout , rheumatic diseases and infections such as tuberculosis , syphilis or zoster , but in rare cases also metastases in septic processes.

A superficial inflammation of the dermis is known as episcleritis .

literature

• F. Hollwich: Ophthalmology. 10., rework. Edition. Thieme, Stuttgart / New York 1982, ISBN 3-13-355110-8 .

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