Systemic Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation

Table 1

Diseases indicated for immunosuppressive chemotherapy.

Strong indications	Relative indications	Questionable indications
Behçet’s disease with retinal involvement	Intermediate uveitis	Intermediate uveitis in children
Sympathetic ophthalmia	Retinal vasculitis with central vascular leakage	Sarcoid-associated uveitis inadequately responsive to steroid
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome	Severe chronic iridocyclitis	Keratoplasty with multiple rejections
Rheumatoid necrotizing scleritis or peripheral ulcerative keratitis
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Relapsing polychondritis with scleritis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated iridocyclitis; unresponsive to conventional therapy
Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
Bilateral Mooren ulcer