Inflammation of the choroid as well as the retina and vitreous body. Some form of visual disturbance is usually present. The most important characteristics of posterior uveitis are vitreous opacities, choroiditis, and chorioretinitis. [ MESH:D015866 ]
Synonyms: uveitis, posterior inflammation of chorioretinal region chorioretinal region inflammation
Term information
- SCTID:43363007 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D015866 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C35111 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- SCTID:46627006 (MONDO:directSiblingOf)
- MedDRA:10036370 (EFO:1001119)
- EFO:1001119 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:22597 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:12574 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0042167 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
gard_rare, otar, rare
Editor note: choroid=PU. in MESH PUitis is defined to be choroid+retina+VB, and isa panuveitis. TODO check ORDO, GARD
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D015866
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/43363007
http://identifiers.org/medgen/22597
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0042167
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12574