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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tarek Nafee, M.D. [2]

Differential Diagnosis

Masquerade syndromes

Masquerade syndromes are ophthalmic disorders that clinically present as either an anterior or posterior uveitis, but are not primarily inflammatory. The following are some of the most common:

• Anterior segment

• Intraocular foreign body
• Juvenile xanthogranuloma
• Leukemia
• Malignant melanoma
• Retinoblastoma
• Retinal detachment

• Posterior segment

• Lymphoma
• Malignant melanoma
• Multiple sclerosis
• Reticulum cell sarcoma
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Retinoblastoma