Retinal vasculitis.
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.
Abu el-Asrar
A M
AM
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Tabbara
K F
KF
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