Ciliary Flush

Aka: Ciliary Flush

II. Definition

  1. Injection of deep Conjunctiva
  2. Injection of Episcleral vessels around Cornea

III. Signs

  1. Seen most easily in daylight
  2. Faint violet ring around Cornea
  3. Individual vessels indiscernible to unaided eye

IV. Causes

  1. Corneal Inflammation
  2. Iridocyclitis
  3. Acute Glaucoma

V. Not seen in:

  1. Conjunctivitis

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Related Studies

Ontology: Ciliary injection (C0271108)

Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
SnomedCT 29309008
English Ciliary flush, Ciliary injection, Ciliary body congestion, ciliary flush, ciliary injection, Ciliary flush (disorder)
Dutch ciliaire injectie
French Injection ciliaire
German Ziliarkoerper-Injektion
Italian Iniezione ciliare
Portuguese Injecção ciliar
Spanish Inyección ciliar, chorro ciliar, congestión del cuerpo ciliar (trastorno), inyección ciliar, congestión del cuerpo ciliar
Czech Ciliární injekce
Hungarian Ciliaris injectio
Japanese ﾓｳﾖｳｼﾞｭｳｹﾂ, 毛様充血
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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