Necrotizing vaso-occlusive retinitis.
We studied two adult patients with fulminating, necrotizing vaso-occlusive retinitis, and documented the progressive course of retinal necrosis, vitreoretinal interface contraction, and consequent retinal detachment. The systemic criteria for Behçet's disease were present in one patient, and partially fulfilled in the second.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012173:Retinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology