chorioretinitis
Inflammation of the distal posterior uveal tract (choroid) and its structural and vascular attachments to the retina. It is usually caused by infection and though rare, it is clinically significant due to its most serious sequela: loss of vision. [ NCIT:P378 ]
Term info
- HP:0012424 (MONDO:otherHierarchy)
- ICD9:363.20 (MONDO:i2s)
- NCIT:C110923 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0008513 (NCIT:C110923)
- MESH:D002825 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:46627006 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- GARD:0006060 (MONDO:shared-umls-xref)
- DOID:8886 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
chorioretinitis (disease)
Inflammation of the distal posterior uveal tract (choroid) and its structural and vascular attachments to the retina. It is usually caused by infection and though rare, it is clinically significant due to its most serious sequela: loss of vision.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_8886, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D002825, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C110923, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0008513, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/46627006
chorioretinitis (disease), chorioretinitis, retinochoroiditis
MONDO:0004674