RT Book, Section
A1 Singh, Manpreet
A1 Whitfield, Denise
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181038333
T1 Episcleritis
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181038333
RD 2024/04/23
AB Episcleritis  is  a  common  and  benign  inflammation  of  the  episclera,  typically  affecting  young  and  middle-aged  adults.  Seventy  percent  of  cases  occur  in  females.  The  episclera  lies  just  beneath  the  bulbar  conjunctiva.  Its  vessels  are  large,  run  in  a  radial  direction,  and  can  be  seen  beneath  the  overlying  conjunctiva.  Episcleral  and  conjunctival  vessels  blanch  with  the  use  of  topical  5%  phenylephrine  drops,  unlike  deep  episcleral  vessels.