Diagnosis and management of posterior uveitis
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Thus posterior uveitis may be focal, multifocal, or diffuse with involvement of posterior segment structures such as choroid, retina, retinal blood vessels and optic nerve head. It is important to differentiate posterior uveitis from panuveitic entities, where there is no predominant site of inflammation, but inflammation is observed in anterior chamber, vitreous and retina/choroid. There is considerable overlap in clinical presentation of clinical entities like ocular tuberculosis, ocular sarcoidosis, syphilis etc. which can involve any part of the uveal tract and can have plethora of presentations. Similarly cases of intermediate uveitis or pars planitis with structural complications such as macular edema should not be confused with posterior uveitis.Some clinical entities, under rare circumstances, can be potentially confused as posterior uveitis and include multiple leak central serous chorioretinopathy (CSR), age related macular degeneration (ARMD), posterior scleritis and masquerade syndrome such as intraocular lymphoma etc.
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