PARS PLANITIS

Course overview

PARS PLANITIS IS CHRONIC INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS FOR WHICH NO SYSTEMIC DISEASE OR ASSOCIATED INFECTION HAS BEEN FOUND. PATIENTS WITH PARS PLANITIS PRESENT WITH MINIMAL SYMPTOMS, BUT MAY REPORT FLOATERS OR BLURRY VISION. IN MOST CASES, THERE IS NO PHOTOPHOBIA OR PAIN. OCCASIONALLY, HOWEVER, PATIENTS MAY PRESENT WITH SUDDEN LOSS OF VISION DUE TO RETINAL DETACHMENT OR ACUTE VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF PARS PLANITIS AND EXAMINES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR AFFECTED PATIENTS.