COURSE AND COMPLICATIONS OF INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS

Intermediate uveitis is associated with a wide variety of complication s, particularly in patients attending uveitis referral centres, but li ttle information exists on the frequency of these complications in a g eneral pool of patients. We reviewed all the cases known to have origi nated in one English county. 86 eyes of 48 patients with a mean follow -up of 48 months were affected. The principal threat to sight was cyst oid macular oedema (31%). Other complications included vitreous haemor rhage (8%), disc swelling (5%), periphlebitis (21%) and cataract (5%). Most patients required no treatment other than observation and overal l the visual outcome was good with 85% of patients and 63% of eyes hav ing vision of 6/9 or better. Cystoid macular oedema and snowbanking we re significantly associated with a worse visual outcome, whilst the ot her complications were not.