Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Ahmed Bawazeer, MB, ChB, FRCS(C); Chief Editor: Hampton Roy Sr, MD   more...
 
Updated: Aug 26, 2011
 
 

Diagnostic Considerations

Consider the following conditions in the differential diagnosis of acute follicular conjunctivitis:

  • Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
  • Pharyngoconjunctival fever
  • Acute trachoma
  • Acute inclusion conjunctivitis
  • Primary herpes simplex conjunctivitis
  • Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Neonatal inclusion conjunctivitis

Consider the following conditions in the differential diagnosis of subepithelial corneal opacities:

  • Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
  • Herpes simplex infection
  • Herpes zoster infection
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Epstein-Barr virus infection
  • Dimmer keratitis
  • Brucellosis

See the following for more information:

Differential Diagnoses

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Contributor Information and Disclosures
Author

Ahmed Bawazeer, MB, ChB, FRCS(C)  Associate Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Uveitis and Cornea, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Bawazeer, MB, ChB, FRCS(C) is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology

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Coauthor(s)

William G Hodge, MD, PhD, FRCSC  Professor and Chair, Ophthalmologist in Chief, Ivey Eye Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario

William G Hodge, MD, PhD, FRCSC is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, Ontario Medical Association, Quebec Medical Association, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

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Specialty Editor Board

Simon K Law, MD, PharmD  Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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Christopher J Rapuano, MD  Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; Director of the Cornea Service, Co-Director of Refractive Surgery Department, Wills Eye Institute

Christopher J Rapuano, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Cornea Society, Eye Bank Association of America, International Society of Refractive Surgery, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

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Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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References
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