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Sometimes it is necessary
to obtain tissue from the eye to enable a diagnosis on what is causing
a patient's inflammation. Thus, patients with SCLERITIS may undergo
SCLERAL BIOPSY, and patients with UVEITIS may undergo VITREOUS BIOPSY
or CHORIO-RETINAL BIOPSY, with the biopsy specimen then being sent
for pathological and microbiological studies. Patients with ENDOPHTHALMITIS
(infection inside the eye) also undergo vitreous biopsy for diagnosis
of the infection. These procedures are performed in the operating
room, either with general or local anesthesia.
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