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Summary Literature (0)
DOID:12124 - episcleritis periodica fugax


Disease Ontology Definition:A scleral disease that is characterized by painful inflammation of the episcleral tissues that, importantly, spares the sclera itself and has_symptom pain, red eyes, photophobia, tearing, and blurry vision. Episcleritis periodica fugax is typically self-limited but may be related to vascular congestion within the superficial episcleral plexus and associated with autoimmune disease, connective tissue disease, malignancies, trauma, infection, and medications, especially topiramate and pamidronate.

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Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0001439 - episcleritis periodica fugax


Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): scleral disease (is_a)