A case of traumatic uveitis

Initial presentation

EB, a 32-year-old female Caucasian presented to our practice as an emergency appointment. The patient’s chief complaint was photosensitivity in the right eye which was also uncomfortable.

She reported she had suffered a sudden onset of pain on the lower part of her eye two days ago, and since then the pain had been getting less (slowly). The photosensitivity had presented at the same time as the pain, and had persisted with no improvement since.

Examination results at this first presentation are summarised in table 1.

Initial diagnosis and management

An initial tentative diagnosis was made of traumatic anterior iritis though the possibility of herpes keratitis was considered.