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Classification of uveitis
Author(s) -
ANDROUDI S
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.1642.x
Subject(s) - uveitis , medicine , choroiditis , intermediate uveitis , ophthalmology , chorioretinitis , choroid , hypopyon , grading (engineering) , visual acuity , optometry , anterior uveitis , retina , psychology , civil engineering , neuroscience , engineering
Classification and standardization of uveitis is important, as it enhances the precision and comparability of clinical research from different centers and assists in the development of a complete picture of the course of the disorders and their response to treatment. Attempts have been made to standardize some aspects of uveitis, and various classification criteria, inflammation grading schema, and outcomes criteria have been described. The most widely used classification of uveitis is the one devised by the International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG) in 1987, based on the anatomical location of the inflammation. This classification includes anterior uveitis (iritis, iridocyclitis, and anterior cyclitis), intermediate uveitis (pars planitis, posterior cyclitis, and hyalitis), posterior uveitis (focal, multifocal, or diffuse choroiditis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, and neuroretinitis) or panuveitis (anterior chamber, vitreous, retina, and choroid). In 2005, the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group standardized a grading schema for aspects of intraocular intraocular inflammation, that is, anterior chamber cells, anterior chamber flare, and vitreous haze, was developed. Standardized definitions of outcomes, including reporting visual acuity outcomes, were approved. Today’s uveitis nomenclature has been revised regarding the anatomical location and the grade of inflammation, and supplemented by the inclusion of definitions for onset, duration and course.