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Ankylosing spondylitis

A 35-year-old male patient diagnosed with HLA B27+ spondyloarthropathy treated in Rheumatology who went to the ophthalmology emergency room due to decreased subacute visual acuity in the right eye for 24 h of evolution with red eye and pain.

On examination, visual acuity is 0.3 in that eye. The image associated with this text is what we observe in the slit lamp. Intraocular pressure is 10 mmHg and the fundus is difficult to distinguish. Examination of the left eye is normal.

What is the most likely diagnosis in the eye?

Proposed treatment?

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