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Retinal vasculitis is inflammation of the vascular branches of the retinal artery, caused either by primary ocular disease processes, or as a specific presentation of any systemic form of vasculitis such as Behçet's disease, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, or any form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis such as temporal arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, and granulomatosis with polyangiitis, or ...
Vasculitis is a group of disorders that destroy blood vessels by inflammation. [2] ... Retinal vasculitis: Visual impairments, floaters, and macular edema. [29]
Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukocencephalopathy and systemic manifestations (RVCL or RVCL-S, also previously known as retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy, RVCL; or cerebroretinal vasculopathy, CRV; or hereditary vascular retinopathy, HVR; or hereditary endotheliopathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, and stroke, HERNS) is an inherited condition resulting from a frameshift ...
Eales disease is a type of obliterative vasculopathy, also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis, periphlebitis retinae or primary perivasculitis of the retina.It was first described by the British ophthalmologist Henry Eales (1852–1913) in 1880 [1] and is a rare ocular disease characterized by inflammation and possible blockage of retinal blood vessels, abnormal growth of new blood vessels ...
Central retinal artery occlusion; Cardiac myxoma; Cranial arteritis; Sickle cell attack; Occlusive vascular disease (slow, progressive) Carotid artery disease; Arterial spasm (TIA) Diabetes mellitus; Collagen diseases; Venous occlusive disease; Thrombosis; Use of hormonal contraception; Endocarditis; Myxoma; Aortic arch syndrome (takayasu) Pre ...
Substantial reduction and even stabilization of both vitreous inflammation and retinal vasculitis have been evident via electroretinography, during daclizumab (IL-2 receptor blocker) therapy. This is also supported by the observation of elevated levels of IL-2 in the eyes of patients. [6]
Rheumatology is a specialised branch of medicine mainly involved in treating arthritis and vasculitis syndromes. ... Retinal vasculitis; ... Wikipedia® is a ...
Retinopathy, or retinal vascular disease, can be broadly categorized into proliferative and non-proliferative types. Frequently, retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease as seen in diabetes or hypertension . [ 3 ]