Uveitis – it’s just intraocular lymphadenopathy
12 Jun 2026
Clinical Theatre 2
Ophthalmology
The uvea contains familiar tissues and cell types (lymphocytes, smooth muscle, and blood vessels, for example), is inflamed by familiar antigens (infectious agents, neoplasia, auto-antigens) and reacts with the 5 cardinal signs of inflammation seen elsewhere (heat, pain, swelling, etc.). And, yet, it can be a very confusing disease. This lecture aims to provide aids to diagnosis and therapy of uveitis in dogs and cats by likening it to inflammation elsewhere (because it is more similar than it is different) while highlighting differences (because these are helpful).
- To recognise and interpret the significance of the cardinal signs of uveitis in dogs and cats
- To form a prioritised list of likely infectious and noninfectious causes of uveitis based on your geographic region and the patients risk factors
- To create a logical treatment plan based upon the likely differential diagnoses
- To predict prognostic outcomes in uveitis
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