title: Visual outcome of patients with idiopathic ischaemic and non-ischaemic retinal vasculitis.
abstract: This study investigated whether patients with ischaemic retinal vasculitis have a worse visual outcome than those with non-ischaemic disease. A retrospective study was made of 53 patients with idiopathic retinal vasculitis (RV), with minimum 5 year follow-up. Patients were categorised into ischaemic and non-ischaemic groups by fluorescein angiography. Visual outcome was determined by visual acuity at their last attendance. Twenty patients (38 eyes) had ischaemic RV; 33 patients (63 eyes) had non-ischaemic RV. At presentation there was no significant difference between the groups in the proportion of eyes with poor vision (6/60 or less). Ischaemic RV patients had a worse visual outcome than those with non-ischaemic RV: 13 of 38 (34%) eyes in the ischaemic group had a final poor vision compared with 4 of 63 (6%) eyes in the non-ischaemic group (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.0005).
authors.affiliation: Medical Eye Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity