Pediatric intermediate uveitis.

Clinical findings, course, treatment, and complications of intermediate uveitis in children is analyzed in a series of 60 patients. While generally a chronic indolent disease, in the pediatric age group acute anterior uveitis is the presenting symptom rather than the milder symptomatology characterized in the adult with a similar syndrome. The etiologic evaluation of these patients was unrewarding. The great majority of patients improved following the use of periocular corticosteroid injections and retinal cryopexy, and immunosuppressive agents were infrequently employed in the management of the disorder. Cataract formation, secondary glaucoma, band keratopathy, vitreous hemorrhage, and papillitis were seen as complications. A treatment algorithm is presented.