Dramatic recovery can occur following the administration of systemic corticosteroids.
Recognition of this entity can be difficult as it can resemble diseases such as leukemia and Bechets in an affected child. We report a case of frosted branch angiitis in an otherwise healthy eight year old child. The child noted acute and dramatic loss of vision in both eyes without other systemic symptoms. There was a florid anterior chamber reaction, vitritis, and sheathing of retinal veins and arteries. He had bilateral retinal hemorrhages, exudative macular detachments, and papillitis.