@article {931121,
	title = {VISUAL OUTCOME AND POOR PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN ISOLATED IDIOPATHIC RETINAL VASCULITIS.},
	journal = {Retina},
	volume = {36},
	number = {10},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 Oct},
	pages = {1979-85},
	abstract = {PURPOSE: To describe the clinical course, visual outcome, and prognosis of isolated, idiopathic retinal vasculitis. METHODS: Eighty patients (150 eyes) with isolated, idiopathic retinal vasculitis were included. Demographic data, clinical data, complications at the initial visit and during follow-up, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography findings were collected from the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI) database from September 2005 to February 2015. RESULTS: Seventy-five (93.7\%) patients required treatment with immunomodulatory therapy. Of those 75 patients, 60 (75\%) patients were able to achieve durable remission. Factors which were independently significant predictive of poor visual outcome were lower initial visual acuity (OR: 3.78; 95\% CI: 1.75-8.16; P = 0.001), cystoid macular edema (OR: 5.54; 95\% CI: 1.81-16.99; P = 0.003), and macular ischemia (OR: 5.12; 95\% CI: 1.12-23.04; P = 0.036). CONCLUSION: The majority (67.25\%) of our patients enjoyed a good visual outcome (most recent visit best-corrected visual acuity equal to or better than 20/40 and within one line or better from the baseline) with immunomodulatory therapy. We found that cystoid macular edema, macular ischemia, and lower best-corrected visual acuity during the first consultation visit were significant independent risk factors for poor visual outcome.},
	issn = {1539-2864},
	doi = {10.1097/IAE.0000000000001019},
	author = {Maleki, Arash and Cao, Jennifer H and Silpa-Archa, Sukhum and Foster, C Stephen}
}
