Keratoconjunctivitis (redirected from chronic immune-mediated keratoconjunctivitis syndrome)

keratoconjunctivitis /ker·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis/ (-kon-junk?ti-vi´tis) inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.

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epidemic keratoconjunctivitis  a highly infectious form, commonly with regional lymph node involvement, occurring in epidemics; an adenovirus has been repeatedly isolated from affected patients.

phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis  a form marked by formation of a small, gray, circumscribed lesion at the corneal limbus.

keratoconjunctivitis sic´ca  a condition marked by hyperemia of the conjunctiva, thickening and drying of the corneal epithelium, itching and burning of the eye and, often, reduced visual acuity.

viral keratoconjunctivitis  epidemic k.

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ker·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis (kr-t-kn-jngkt-vts)

n.

Inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva resulting from hypersensitivity of corneal and conjunctival epithelium to an endogenous toxin.

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Keratoconjunctivitis

Inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye.

Mentioned in: Hairy Cell Leukemia

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keratoconjunctivitis

inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.

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chronic immune-mediated keratoconjunctivitis syndrome

see chronic superficial keratitis.

infectious keratoconjunctivitis

see also infectious bovine kerato conjunctivitis. Caused by Moraxella bovis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Chlamydiae, Mycoplasma spp.

proliferative keratoconjunctivitis

see nodular fasciitis.

keratoconjunctivitis sicca

a condition marked by hyperemia of the conjunctiva, thickening and drying of the corneal epithelium, secondary to quantitative and qualitative deficiencies in the tear film. Deep keratitis and corneal ulceration may occur. Often a tenacious, stringy mucoid discharge accumulates in the conjunctival sac. Called also dry eye.