Long-Term Outcomes of Behçet’s Syndrome-Related Uveitis: A Monocentric Italian Experience

<div>Sight-threatening complications of Behçet’s syndrome- (BS-) related uveitis encountered in our cohort: (a) anterior chamber hypopyon in a case of BS-related panuveitis complicated with synechiae and cataract (right eye); (b) BS-related posterior uveitis complicated by macular epiretinal membrane (<i>arrow</i>) and chronic cystoid macular edema (<i>plus</i>) (right eye); (c) OCT angiography showing pathological enlargement of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) (<i>asterisk</i>) along with a contiguous area of capillary dropout in the superficial retinal capillary plexus (<i>arrowhead</i>) as a sign of retinal ischemia (right eye); (d) optic nerve and macular atrophy due to the severe posterior pole vasculitis of the RE of a patient affected by refractory BS posterior uveitis.</div>

Mediators of Inflammation

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Figure 1: Long-Term Outcomes of Behçet’s Syndrome-Related Uveitis: A Monocentric Italian Experience 