Incidence and prevalence of different uveitis entities in Finland

Abstract

We studied the case records of 1122 patients with endogenous uveitis including 418 new cases treated at the University Eye Clinic in Turku during the years 1980-1982 and 1988. The mean annual incidence and prevalence rates (per 100,000 population) of idiopathic acute anterior uveitis were 17.1 and 48.5, respectively, sarcoid anterior uveitis 0.5 and 1.5, Posner-Schlossman syndrome 0.4 and 1.9, herpes zoster uveitis 0.4 and 0.7, idiopathic chronic anterior uveitis 0.3 and 7.3, herpes simplex keratouveitis 0.3 and 0.5, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis 0.2 and 2.4, Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis 0.2 and 0.5, intermediate uveitis 0.3 and 1.4, and of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis 0.3 and 2.4. The incidence and prevalence rates of acute anterior uveitis associated with ankylosing spondylitis were 2.0 and 10.3 per 100,000 population, respectively, and this disease association occurred more often in men than in women (p < 0.001). The mean annual incidence of idiopathic acute anterior uveitis was significantly lower in the age group 0-19 years than in the other age groups (p < 0.001).

Study of the prevalence of uveitis in a tertiary ophthalmology hospital in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

“…5,6,9,[11][12][13][14] Right after that is idiopathic uveitis only with ocular manifestations, being presented in a large number of cases and important sources of anterior uveitis (76.6%). Uveitis associated Underlying disease to systemic rheumatic diseases had a total of 5% of the sample, with ankylosing spondylitis being the most diagnosed with only 9 cases.…”

“…Uveitis associated Underlying disease to systemic rheumatic diseases had a total of 5% of the sample, with ankylosing spondylitis being the most diagnosed with only 9 cases. In Europe the disease proved to be the main cause of anterior uveitis among the diagnosed uveitis 14 , and according to several other sources the idiopathic uveitis is the most common form of inflammation in the anterior segment, with about half of patients showing only eye changes, about 30% showing iridocyclitis with HLA-B27 positive, and the remainder being associated to systemic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 11,[14][15][16] In our sample the small amount of said uveitis contrasts the world literature; this may be due to the character, which in the vast majority of the time is self-limited and improve only with instillation of corticosteroid eyedrops, influencing patients not to go to the subsequent appointments with the appropriate follow-up and diagnostic certification.…”

“…In Europe the disease proved to be the main cause of anterior uveitis among the diagnosed uveitis 14 , and according to several other sources the idiopathic uveitis is the most common form of inflammation in the anterior segment, with about half of patients showing only eye changes, about 30% showing iridocyclitis with HLA-B27 positive, and the remainder being associated to systemic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 11,[14][15][16] In our sample the small amount of said uveitis contrasts the world literature; this may be due to the character, which in the vast majority of the time is self-limited and improve only with instillation of corticosteroid eyedrops, influencing patients not to go to the subsequent appointments with the appropriate follow-up and diagnostic certification.The rest of the uveitis described, including tuberculosis, toxocariasis, syphilis, herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus are important causes of uveitis 17,18 , whose treatment is successful when diagnosed early and treated appropriately. However, we can observe that due to poor adherence of therapy, sometimes these processes end up becoming chronic and causing irreversible damage.…”

Caracterización de las uveítis diagnosticadas en un centro de referencia del área de Barcelona

“…El porcentaje de uveítis inclasificables resultó inferior que el descrito previamente en series nacionales 7,8 e internacionales 17,18,23,25 , habitualmente situado entre el 27 26 y el 56% 27 . Esta mejora en el proceso diagnó stico puede ser explicada tanto por la generalizació n de té cnicas y criterios de diagnó stico nuevos, como por el abordaje multidisciplinar de nuestros pacientes, que nos permite, ademá s de la correcta clasificació n etioló gica de la mayor parte de las uveítis, el diagnó stico de enfermedades sisté micas subclínicas asociadas a esta y potencialmente graves.…”

Usher syndrome associated with Fuchs’ heterochromic uveitis

“…It is an uncommon condition, with estimates of incidence of about 0.2 (per 100,000) in the general population [1,2] and ranging between 1.5% to 4.5% of uveitis cases [3,4]. It has been described in association with multiple diseases including retinitis pigmentosa (RP) [5][6][7][8].…”