title: Retinal vasculitis.
abstract: Inflammation of the retinal vasculature may occur as a manifestation of an infectious disease, as part of a systemic inflammatory disease, or as part of an isolated retinal disease, and can result in severe and permanent visual loss. The search for a cause in patients with retinal vasculitis requires appropriate systemic evaluation and testing. Discrimination between the infectious or noninfectious etiology of retinal vasculitis is important because the treatment is different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abu el-Asrar
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Tabbara
mesh_terms: D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy