Dr. Reema Bansal [B11127] – Chandigarh
Objective: Uveitis poses a significant challenge in terms of both diagnosis and management. Often these patients are subjected to a battery of laboratory tests, overlooking important clinical clues. The sight-threatening nature of uveitis motivates the treating physician to administer a prompt empirical therapy that may at times be catastrophic, especially in infectious uveitis. Poor response to conventional therapy or an atypical presentation should alert us regarding masquerade syndromes. When clinical or laboratory evidence is insucient, diagnostic sampling from intraocular fluids, and sometimes extraocular sites, is helpful. Purpose: Primary care ophthalmologists are the gatekeepers for their patients’ eye care. Through this course, uveitis experts aim to provide clinical pearls and key teaching points to the comprehensive ophthalmologists for investigating and diagnosing various forms of uveitis. This shall be followed by a panel discussion with audience participation.
| 1 | Infectious and non-infectious uveitis: Clinical indicators (10 mins) | Dr. Mamta Agarwal |
| 2 | Radiological imaging: Role in uveitis (10 mins) | Dr. Mehta Salil |
| 3 | Infectious Uveitis: Do’s and Don’ts (10 mins) | Dr. Kalpana Babu Murthy |
| 4 | Atypical presentations: Beware of masquerades! (10 mins) | Dr. Reema Bansal |
| 5 | Ocular sampling in Uveitis: Indications (10 mins) | Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas |
| Panel Discussion : (20 mins.) |