Idiopathic posterior uveitis is a rare, potentially sight-threatening, ocular disease, not attributed to any specific ocular or systemic cause, characterized by focal, multifocal or diffuse non-infectious inflammation in the posterior uvea (i.e. choroiditis, chorioretinitis, retinitis and neuroretinitis). Visual morbidity due to complications (including cystoid macular edema and choroidal neovascularization) has been reported. [ Orphanet:280917 ]
Term information
- GARD:21099 (MONDO:GARD)
- MEDGEN:1657160 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C4751435 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- Orphanet:280917 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
ordo_disorder, gard_rare, rare, nord_rare, orphanet_rare
https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/6748
https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/6744
https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/6740
This term's classification was reviewed in the context of the Strategic Refinement project (2023) and was determined to be excluded from the 'cardiovascular disorder' (MONDO:0004995) ontology branch (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-0163, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-3559)
http://identifiers.org/medgen/1657160
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C4751435
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_280917