title: Amsler's sign associated significantly with Fuch's heterochromic cyclitis (FHC).
abstract: To investigate the frequency and diagnostic significance of Amsler's sign in patients with Fuch's heterochromic cyclitis (FHC), we performed a diagnostic AC puncture of the eyes of 31 patients with this disease and looked for the same sign in 104 patients with intermediate uveitis and 373 patients with various other types of uveitis who underwent the same procedure. AS was significantly more frequent in the FHC patients than in either of the other two groups of patients, and occurred infrequently in all other types of chronic uveitis. We therefore consider its occurrence to have important differential diagnostic value. We would also emphasize the pathophysiologic significance of AS and suggest that this aspect be investigated in the future.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Immunologie Oculaire, CHU de Bicêtre, Faculté de Médecine, Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bloch-Michel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chhor
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tounsi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D001082:Aqueous Humor; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015863:Iridocyclitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis