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Imaging the posterior segment in uveitis.

LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Department, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, 210 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Ophthalmology Clinics of North America 10/2002; 15(3):281-96, v.
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ABSTRACT This article reviews established and newly developed posterior segment imaging techniques that may be helpful in the diagnosis and management of patients with uveitis. A brief description of various techniques is followed by a discussion of the situations in which these techniques might be useful in assessing the cause of vision loss, and the extent and activity of the inflammatory changes. The last section of the article describes selected uveitis syndromes wherein posterior segment imaging can reveal diagnostically characteristic, and in some instances pathognomonic, findings.

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