title: The significance of the pars plana exudate in pars planitis.
abstract: We divided 61 patients (111 eyes) with pars planitis into three groups based on clinical appearance. Patients in Group I had bilateral vitreous cells and bilateral pars plana exudates (36 patients, 72 eyes); patients in Group II had bilateral vitreous cells but a pars plana exudate in one eye only (14 patients, 28 eyes); and patients in Group III had vitreous cells and exudate formation in the single eye involved (11 patients, 11 eyes). The presence of a pars plana exudate was associated with more severe vitreous disease and increased incidence of cystoid macular edema.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002924:Ciliary Body; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000150:complications; D014605:Uveitis / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000166:cytology*