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In patients with progressive AZOOR who demonstrate enlarging zones of outer retinal loss despite corticosteroid therapy, how do you determine when to escalate to steroid-sparing immunomodulatory agents?

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Ophthalmology · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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We should first be sure this is not a "masquerade" syndrome such as vitreoretinal lymphoma, infectious uveitis, or IRD. If these are considered unlikely, then at this point in the course, where there is documented progression of a presumed inflammatory process, systemic IMT should be considered. Som...

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