Catalog

Sarcoidosis associated intermediate uveitis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Sarcoidosis associated intermediate uveitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/313537550

This is a form of uveitis localised to the vitreous and peripheral retina. Primary sites of inflammation include the vitreous of which other such entities as pars planitis, posterior cyclitis, and hyalitis are encompassed. Intermediate uveitis may either be an isolated eye disease or associated with the development of a systemic disease such as multiple sclerosis or sarcoidosis. This diagnosis is associated with a syndrome involving abnormal collections of chronic inflammatory cells (granulomas) that can form as nodules in multiple organs.