Intravitreal cellular infiltrate imaged as punctate spots by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in eyes with posterior segment inflammatory disease

Retina

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-565

  Saito, Masaaki ^a,b   Barbazetto, Irene A ^a,b   Spaide, Richard F ^b  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

inflammatory cells; macrophage; multiple evanescent white dot syndrome; optical coherence tomography; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY; VITRITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORIORETINITIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84874950777     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31826710ea     Document Type: Article

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