Authors: Carl P Herbort Moncef Khairallah
Publish Date: 2010/06/25
Volume: 30, Issue: 5, Pages: 449-452
Abstract
First mention of the association of heterochromia cataract and cyclitis a Hard cover of 9th edition of Ernst Fuchs’ textbook published in 1902 where the triad of heterochromia cataract and cyclitis was mentioned for the first time b In his 1906 article Fuchs cites the text of the 1902 edition of his textbook on the triad of heterochromia cataract and cyclitisPrimary article on Fuchs’ uveitis published in 1906 a Title of article b Part of the text in his 1906 article where Fuchs explains that he and not Georges Weill was the first to publish the association of heterochromia cataract and cyclitis in his 1902 textbookIndeed the strong position of heterochromia in earlyphase disease definitions in caucasian populations with bicolored irises later hampered the proper recognition of the reality of the disease In populations with brown irises heterochromia is always absent and discrete structural iris changes have to be searched for instead This led to underdiagnosis of the disease as clinicians were searching for heterochromia wrongly considered to be a diseasedefining feature but which was not present in brown iris populations This is a strong reason to change the eponym of the disease to “Fuchs’ uveitis” instead of Fuchs’ heterochromic cyclitis
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