Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis
Findings
No curated finding names Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) is an ocular disease of unknown etiology occurring in a very small percentage (0.5-6.2%) of uvietis cases, characterized by diffuse iris heterochromia or atrophy, keratic precipitates in the absence of synechiae, and in some cases evolving to glaucoma and vitreous opacities.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016989), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
23 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Anterior chamber inflammatory cellsHPOHP:0031701
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Corneal keratic precipitatesHPOHP:0025341
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Iris atrophyHPOHP:0001089
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Vitreous floatersHPOHP:0100832
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Blurred visionHPOHP:0000622
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Bussaca nodulesHPOHP:0034821
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CataractHPOHP:0000518
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Heterochromia iridisHPOHP:0001100
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Koeppe nodulesHPOHP:0034820
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal best corrected visual acuity testHPOHP:0030534
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chorioretinal scarHPOHP:0007777
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- GlaucomaHPOHP:0000501
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Reported absent (1)
- Posterior synechiae of the anterior chamberHPOHP:0011484
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- Ocular hypertensionHPOHP:0007906
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Ocular painHPOHP:0200026
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PapilledemaHPOHP:0001085
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PhotophobiaHPOHP:0000613
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Red eyeHPOHP:0025337
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Reduced visual acuityHPOHP:0007663
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis
- Also called
- FHIFuchs heterochromic cyclitisFuchs heterochromic uveitisFuchs' heterochromic cyclitisFuchs' heterochromic uveitis