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Retinitis

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Intraocular Inflammation

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The term retinitis strictly defines an inflammatory process of the retinal tissue without reference to its origin or its clinical characteristics. Classically, an area of retinitis appears as a whitish area within the retina (in contrast to choroidal lesions, which are more yellowish and seem to be located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium), usually with diffuse borders and an elevated appearance in its acute stage (Fig. 46.1).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Austral University, School of Medicine, Av. Juan Domingo Perón 1500 (1629), Derqui, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Karina Julian MD

  2. Department of Uveitis, Instituto de la Visión, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Karina Julian MD

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, DHU Vision and Handicaps, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83, Bd de l’Hôpital, Paris, 75013, France

    Bahram Bodaghi MD, PhD

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  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Julian, K., Bodaghi, B. (2016). Retinitis. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_46

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