Abstract
Pars planitis is a subset of intermediate uveitis that is not associated with a systemic disease or infection and characterized by the presence of snowballs in the vitreous and snowbanks along the inferior pars plana and retinal periphery. After idiopathic and JIA, it is the third most common etiology of pediatric uveitis.
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Hunchangsith, B. (2021). Pars Planitis. In: Foster, C.S., Anesi, S.D., Chang, P.Y. (eds) Uveitis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52974-1_11
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