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A Clear Vision: Understanding the Connection Between Ophthalmology & Rheumatic Disease

  |  Issue: October 2022  |  

Referrals

With respect to referral to ophthalmology, Dr. Berkenstock noted that ocular immunology specialists see patients with a range of conditions, including Behçet’s disease, relapsing polychondritis, systemic vasculitis, multiple sclerosis, temporal arteritis and central nervous system lymphoma. Certainly, in patients with a red, painful eye and a recent infection, particularly syphilis, tuberculosis, varicella zoster, toxocara or toxoplasmosis, expert eye care may be highly beneficial.

Jason Liebowitz, MD, completed his fellowship in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he also earned his medical degree. He is currently in practice with Skylands Medical Group, N.J.

 Reference

  1. Ferrand N, Accorinti M, Agarwal M, et al. COVID-19 vaccination and uveitis: Epidemiology, clinical features and visual prognosis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2022 Apr 11;1–9.

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