Idiopathic Recurrent Neuroretinitis: Effects of Immunosuppression

Recurrent neuroretinitis (NR) is an unusual condition in which otherwise healthy individuals experience episodes of acute monocular visual loss with optic disc edema and macular star formation. Episodes are typically followed by permanent visual loss which in some cases is severe and disabling. The cause of this syndrome has not been determined; some form of inflammatory process, perhaps on an autoimmune basis, has been suspected.