Vasculitis retinae mit multifokaler Retinochorioiditis

Abstract

Multifocal retinochoroiditis was diagnosed in 16 patients (13 female, 3 male). The patients also had cells in the vitreous, and in some cases pronounced retinal vasculitis, cystoid macular edema and papilledema. The patients' ages ranged from 62 to 77 years. There was anterior segment involvement in 13 cases. One patient had subretinal neovascularization in both eyes. Fluorescein angiograms revealed leaks from the retinal vessels, papilledema, and macular edema. So far, the authors have not succeeded in classifying the changes described as belonging to a known disease entity. The findings most closely resembled a disease described by Dreyer and Gass in 1984 as "multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis". Similar changes were seen by Tiedemann in 1987, in patients with Epstein-Barr viral antibodies.