Significant advances in the diagnosis and therapy for uveitis have been made to improve the quality of care for patients with
ocular inflammatory diseases. While traditional ophthalmic examination techniques, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence
tomography continue to play a major role in the evaluation of patients with uveitis, the advent of spectral domain optical
coherence tomography and fundus autofluorescence into clinical practice provides additional information about disease processes.
Polymerase chain reaction and cytokine diagnostics have also continued to play a greater role in the evaluation of patients
with inflammatory diseases. The biologic agents, a group of medications that targets cytokines and other soluble mediators
of inflammation, have demonstrated promise in targeted immunotherapy for specific uveitic entities. Their ophthalmic indications
have continued to expand, improving the therapeutic armentarium of uveitis specialists.
Keywords Uveitis - Biologics - Immunosuppression - Polymerase chain reaction - Cytokine