{"id":73076,"date":"2021-11-18T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/uveal-effusion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:32:18","slug":"uveal-effusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/en\/uveal-effusion\/","title":{"rendered":"UVEAL EFFUSION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;CHORIORETINAL INFLAMMATORY DISEASES &#8211; NonInfectious Causes&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%23000000&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasrleye.com%2Fen%2Fatlas%2F%231636632631784-8a806fcb-acbc|&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-eye&#8221; i_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; i_size=&#8221;lg&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;8&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1637080776101{margin-bottom: -5px !important;}&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#bababa&#8221; i_custom_color=&#8221;#bababa&#8221;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:44px|text_align:center|color:%235f1b52&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a03c8b112b52\" data-id=\"6a03c8b112b52\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"0\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772475058301{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">The term \u201cuveal\u201d or \u201cciliochoroidal\u201d effusion refers to an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the outer layer of the choroid and ciliary body. The fluid usually collects in the suprachoroidal layer, although in some cases this results in a true ciliochoroidal detachment from the sclera. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">A chronic accumulation of a protein-rich fluid in the choroid may result in an outer blood-retinal barrier breakdown, causing a non-rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">Uveal effusion does not refer to a specific entity, but rather to an anatomic condition caused by a variety of ocular and systemic disorders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">CLASSIFICATION OF UVEAL EFFUSION<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">HYDRODYNAMIC FACTORS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;42444,42441,42438,42435&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; speed=&#8221;2000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<div class=\"stats-block stats-left  \"><div class=\"aio-icon-left\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon square \"  style=\"color:#333333;background:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-eye\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"stats-desc\" id=\"counter-responsv-wrap-6571\"><div id=\"counter_39751410376a03c8b112e0e\" data-id=\"counter_39751410376a03c8b112e0e\"  data-ultimate-target='#counter-responsv-wrap-6571 .stats-number'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"stats-number ult-responsive\" style=\"font-size:28px;  \" data-speed=\"3\" data-counter-value=\"2\" data-separator=\",\" data-decimal=\".\">0<\/div><div id=\"title-counter_39751410376a03c8b112e0e\"  data-ultimate-target='#counter-responsv-wrap-6571 .stats-text'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:16px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"stats-text ult-responsive\" style=\"font-size:px;  font-weight:bold;\">Clinical Cases<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ocular hypotony<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ciliary body dysfunction (traction, ischemia)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Cyclodialysis cleft<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Glaucoma filter<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Penetrating ocular trauma<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Wound leak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Elevated uveal venous pressure<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Arteriovenous fistula<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Idiopathic prominent episcleral vessels<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Valsalva maneuver<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Vortex vein compression by scleral buckle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Malignant hypertension<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">INFLAMMATORY FACTORS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">After photocoagulation or cryotherapy<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">After trauma or surgery<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Drug reaction<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Orbital cellulitis \/ pseudotumor<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Scleritis<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Uveitis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">NEOPLASIC CONDITIONS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Lymphoid, leukemic, or melanocytic choroidal infiltrations<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Malignant melanoma<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Metastatic carcinoma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">SECONDARY TO ABNORMAL SCLERA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Mucopolysaccharidosis idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nanophthalmos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-100 middle-subtext text-justify hidden-text\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">References<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\">Green WR: The uveal tract. In Spencer WH (ed): Ophthalmic Pathology. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1986, pp 1776-1791  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\">Brockhurst RJ. Vortex vein decompression for nanophthalmic uveal effusion. Arch Ophthalmol. 1980 Nov;98(11):1987-90. doi: 10.1001\/archopht.1980.01020040839008. PMID: 7436831.     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750981195539{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #5f1b52;\">Clinical Cases<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750981220097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/en\/uveal-effusion\/clinical-case-1\/\">Clinical Case 1<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;42444,42441&#8243; img_size=&#8221;150&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750981242169{margin-bottom: 10px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-1\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"aio-icon-component    style_1\"><div id=\"Info-box-wrap-1788\" class=\"aio-icon-box default-icon\" style=\"\"  ><div class=\"aio-icon-default\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#5f1b52;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-calendar\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aio-icon-header\" ><h3 class=\"aio-icon-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-1788 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#5f1b52;\">1<\/h3><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-box --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-component -->[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-1\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"aio-icon-component    style_1\"><div id=\"Info-box-wrap-8593\" class=\"aio-icon-box default-icon\" style=\"\"  ><div class=\"aio-icon-default\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#5f1b52;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-camera\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aio-icon-header\" ><h3 class=\"aio-icon-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-8593 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#5f1b52;\">5<\/h3><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-box --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-component -->[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-1\/5&#8243;]<div class=\"aio-icon-component    style_1\"><div id=\"Info-box-wrap-4832\" class=\"aio-icon-box default-icon\" style=\"\"  ><div class=\"aio-icon-default\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#5f1b52;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-film\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aio-icon-header\" ><h3 class=\"aio-icon-title ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='#Info-box-wrap-4832 .aio-icon-title'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"color:#5f1b52;\">0<\/h3><\/div> <!-- header --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-box --><\/div> <!-- aio-icon-component -->[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750981228740{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasrleye.com\/en\/uveal-effusion\/clinical-case-2\/\">Clinical Case 2<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; 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