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This external photograph of the right eye shows keratic precipitates on the corneal endothelium, corneal edema and hemorrhagic hypopyon in the setting of acute herpetic anterior uveitis.

Review our article: "Uveitis: A Brief Primer for the Rheumatologist," The Rheumatologist, November 2020.

Uveitis is an umbrella term for intraocular inflammatory diseases that can lead to vision loss. It occurs in 6–9% of patients with psoriatic arthritis and 25% of patients with reactive arthritis. The prevalence may be as high as 33% in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

If chronic anterior uveitis cannot be controlled with three or fewer drops a day of prednisolone acetate 1%, the next step would be:

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