Flash information
- Document
- Authentic clinical figure
- Focus
- Hypopyon in uveitis
- Limitation
- Hypopyon alone does not establish Behçet disease.
Definition
Inferior accumulation of anterior-chamber inflammatory cells.
Examination or reading method
Locate the inferior level and examine the cornea.
Morphological description
The arrow marks the whitish deposit anterior to the iris.
Context and interpretation
Aetiology requires clinical context.
Differential diagnoses
Hyphema contains blood rather than inflammatory cells.
Associated findings
Assess pain, photophobia and visual loss.
Red flags
Intraocular inflammation requires urgent specialist assessment.
Pitfalls and limitations
Hypopyon alone does not establish Behçet disease.
Take-home message
Recognise the sign before determining its cause.
Sources
- Acute panuveitis with hypopyon in Crohn's disease secondary to medical therapy: a case report ↗
- MSD Manual Professional · Red Eye ↗
Documentary review: 2026-10-15
Media source & rights
- Author
- Haider, David; Dhawahir-Scala, Felipe E; Strouthidis, Nicholas G; Davies, Nigel
- Original source
- Haider, David; Dhawahir-Scala, Felipe E; Strouthidis, Nicholas G; Davies, Nigel · Acute panuveitis with hypopyon in Crohn's disease secondary to medical therapy: a case report · CC BY 2.0 · https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1752-1947-1-42
- Licence
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Full original field and annotations retained; WebP conversion, EXIF/GPS metadata removed, proportional derivatives without upscaling, cropping or medical retouching.
- Dimensions
- 736 × 491 px
- Check
- 2026-10-15