Clinical and etiological spectrum of retinal vasculitis in adults attending a tertiary-care ophthalmology clinic in hyderabad: A cross-sectional study

Background

Retinal vasculitis is a heterogeneous inflammatory disorder in which regional infectious epidemiology canstrongly influence the diagnostic spectrum. This study described the clinical presentation and likely causes of retinalvasculitis in adults attending a tertiary-care ophthalmology service in Hyderabad, India. Materials and Methods: Ahospital-based observational cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2024 to December 2025. All consenting adultswho met the study criteria for retinal vasculitis underwent history taking, visual acuity assessment, slit-lamp and dilatedfundus examination, intraocular pressure measurement and fundus photography. Optical coherence tomography and fundusfluorescein angiography were performed when clinically indicated. Infectious, inflammatory and thrombotic investigationswere selected according to the ocular phenotype and systemic findings.