What is Intermediate Uveitis?
Uveitis is an inflammation of the inside of the eye, specifically the layer of the eye called the uvea. (See What is Uveitis?). The term, “intermediate uveitis” is used to describe the location of the inflammation in the eye. The part of the eye affected is the peripheral part of the inner eye in between the posterior and anterior parts (see Diagram below) The older terms “pars planitis” and “cyclitis” are often used to describe this type of uveitis. It must be pointed out that there are other ways to put uveitis into “groups”, e.g. infectious or non-infectious and chronic or acute. This means that there are usually no “clear cut” or “typical” cases of intermediate uveitis. Unfortunately uveitis may often give rise to a complicated picture but here, the term intermediate uveitis is used when the major part of the inflammation affects the area of the eye shown below. Intermediate uveitis typically affects teenagers but can occur in very young children. The over 40’s are not often affect
