Catalog

Sympathetic Ophthalmia

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Sympathetic Ophthalmia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1639718137

This is a bilateral diffuse granulomatous uveitis (a kind of inflammation) of both eyes following trauma to one eye. It can leave the patient completely blind. Symptoms may develop from days to several years after a penetrating eye injury.