UVEOPAROTITIS (HEERFORDT)

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The essential features of the syndrome to be discussed are bilateral parotitis and uveitis, often associated with paralyses of cranial nerves, usually of the seventh nerve. The parotitis is of a chronic, painless type with a tendency to progress to resolution without suppuration. The uveitis in many cases is of a nodular type, resembling tuberculosis. The ocular symptoms may include keratitis, ciliary congestion, synechiae and deposits on the back of the cornea and the anterior surface of the lens and opacities of the vitreous. Optic neuritis, cataract and glaucoma have also been noted. Other symptoms included in the syndrome less frequently are malaise and gastric disturbance, erythematous rashes (occurring usually on the extensor surfaces of the legs and arms), rheumatic pains, paresthesia, dryness of the mouth, polyuria without sugar in the urine and paralysis of other cranial nerves than the seventh. A slight fever is usually present during

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