posterior uveitis
MONDO:0006918Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names posterior uveitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006918), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (3)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: posterior uveitis
- Also called
- chorioretinal region inflammationinflammation of chorioretinal region