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Harvey Siy Uy, MD

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Dr. Harvey Siy Uy is the Medical Director at Peregrine Eye and Laser Institute in Makati City Philippines. He is a cataract, retina, and uveitis specialist.

Sympathetic Ophthalmia in an Infected Post-Scleral Buckling Eye

Sympathetic Ophthalmia in an Infected Post-Scleral Buckling Eye image

Jona MB Sy-Ongkeko, MD Archimedes LD Agahan, MD Juan S Lopez, MD Jacinto U Dy-Liacco, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare, bilateral, nonnecrotising granulomatous panuveitis that may develop after exposure of intraocular contents to the immune system, i.e., trauma, followed by a latent period and the appearance of uveitis in both the injured and non-injured eye. Both eyes are affected, with the injured eye usually presenting with uveitis before, and more severe than the uninjured eye. Its occurrence is much more likely » » » [Read more]