Ophthalmological Pathology of the Eye: Retinal Vasculitis

Vasculitis are heterogenous group of diseases characterised by inflammation and necrosis of the vascular wall of artery anterior, vein, capillary, venule. Temporal arteritis Gyant cell-arteritis Horton is a chronic inflammation of the carotid and branches. The basic medication is systemic corticoid treatment. Wegener granulomatosis affect is the respiratory system, sinuses, kidney, orbit; is necessary treatment with cyclophosfamid. Syndrome Churg Strauss is a systemic necrotising vasculitis with granulomatosis inflammation associated with bronhial asthme, gromerulo renal and occular granulomas conjunctival, scleral, orbital, retinal. Combination of prednison with azathioprine can reduce morbidity in vasculitis.