The acute painful eye.
A number of ocular and nonocular conditions may produce an acutely painful eye or orbit. A careful history and physical examination with special attention to the cornea, sclera, fundus, and cranial nerves will usually delineate the etiology of the pain. In particular, certain life- or vision-threatening conditions such as leaking internal carotid aneurysm, cavernous sinus thrombosis, orbital cellulitis, acute narrow-angle glaucoma, and temporal arteritis must be kept in mind.
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Section of Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications; D007500:Iritis / Q000150:complications; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*