Uveitis survey at the University Eye Clinic in Turku

Päivönsalo-Hietanen, T; Vaahtoranta-Lehtonen, Hanna; Tuominen, Jukka; Saari, K. M.

doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02805.x

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“…Our percentage for sarcoidosis (2%) was similar to that reported in previous studies 14,21 but lower than that found in others. 15,22 HLA B27-positive acute anterior uveitis accounted for only 10% of all cases in our study.…”

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A Study on the Pattern of Uveitis and Any Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Uveitis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi, India

Hina¹

2019

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Purpose:To analyze the patterns of uveitis and any seasonal variation in the incidence of uveitis at a tertiary care hospital of Delhi, India. Methods:The study included 100 new patients with uveitis examined in the Department of Ophthalmology at a tertiary care hospital of south Delhi, India from January 2016 to Dec 2017. We grouped the months of the year into winter, transitional and summer seasons according to the average temperature in New Delhi. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel spread sheet and analysis was done. Chi Square test was applied wherever necessary and p values were calculated at 95% confidence level.Results: There was male predominance (62%) with male to female ratio of 1.6: 1. The overall mean age of presentation was 35.4 years. The maximum number of patients were adults in the age group 31-40 years while the minimum were elderly above 60 years. Among all the cases, 44% cases occurred in the right eye, 40% in left eye and 16% had bilateral uveitis. Anterior uveitis was diagnosed in 88% of cases, posterior uveitis in 2%, and intermediate uveitis in 10% of cases. Out of 100 patients, 79% were idiopathic. A probable diagnosis was determined in 21% of cases; 10% cases were positive for HLAB27, and 5% were positive for tuberculosis. It was observed that there was seasonal trend in occurrence of the cases. Most of the cases occurred in the month of winter but no statistical significance was observed. (p value over seasons: 0.227603883; p transitional vs. winter season: 0.485499; p summer vs. winter season: 0.084838; p summer vs. transitional season: 0.3017). Conclusion:Idiopathic uveitis was highest in our study. HLA B27-associated uveitis was the most common noninfectious entity and tuberculosis was the leading cause for infectious entities in our study. Although the difference in the incidence of new acute uveitis among the three seasons was not statistically significant, a distinctly higher number of cases were seen in winters followed by transitional season and minimum in summers in both the consecutive years.

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A Study on the Pattern of Uveitis and Any Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Uveitis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi, India

Hina¹

2019

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“…The relative frequencies of anatomical classifications are comparable to data published in other Middle European series from tertiary care centers but differ from the data of other Northern European countries, where up to 96% of the cases were reported to have anterior uveitis [30-35]. In the posterior and panuveitis groups, the rate of unclassified cases was the lowest at around 20%, and in the posterior uveitis group the frequency of toxoplasmosis was even higher than that among unclassified cases.…”

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Uveitis- a rare disease often associated with systemic diseases and infections- a systematic review of 2619 patients

Barisani-Asenbauer

Maca

Mejdoubi

et al. 2012

Orphanet J Rare Dis

206

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BackgroundUveitis is an autoimmune disease of the eye that refers to any of a number of intraocular inflammatory conditions. Because it is a rare disease, uveitis is often overlooked, and the possible associations between uveitis and extra-ocular disease manifestations are not well known. The aim of this study was to characterize uveitis in a large sample of patients and to evaluate the relationship between uveitis and systemic diseases.MethodsThe present study is a cross-sectional study of a cohort of patients with uveitis. Records from consecutive uveitis patients who were seen by the Uveitis Service in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical University of Vienna between 1995 and 2009 were selected from the clinical databases. The cases were classified according to the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature Study Group criteria for Uveitis.ResultsData were available for 2619 patients, of whom 59.9% suffered from anterior, 14.8% from intermediate, 18.3% from posterior and 7.0% from panuveitis. 37.2% of all cases showed an association between uveitis and extra-organ diseases; diseases with primarily arthritic manifestations were seen in 10.1% of all cases, non-infectious systemic diseases (i.e., Behçet´s disease, sarcoidosis or multiple sclerosis) in 8.4% and infectious uveitis in 18.7%. 49.4% of subjects suffering from anterior uveitis tested positively for the HLA-B27 antigen. In posterior uveitis cases 29% were caused by ocular toxoplasmosis and 17.7% by multifocal choroiditis.ConclusionOphthalmologists, rheumatologists, infectiologists, neurologists and general practitioners should be familiar with the differential diagnosis of uveitis. A better interdisciplinary approach could help in tailoring of the work-up, earlier diagnosis of co-existing diseases and management of uveitis patients.

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“…However, new cases of tuberculous uveitis did not appear after the year 1981, which reflects the decrease of the incidence of systemic tuberculosis during past decades. In this study there was not a single case of syph Similar disappearance of tuberculosis and syphilis as conspicuous causes of uveitis could be seen both in Finland (Miettinen 1958;Saari et al 1975;Paivonsalo-Hietanen et al 1994) and in the United States (Woods 1960;Perkins & Folk 1984;Henderly et al 1987).…”

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“…Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis was the leading cause of posterior uveitis, accounting for 20-54% of these cases both in Europe (Saari et al 1975;Perkins & Folk 1984;Vadot et al 1984;Paivonsalo-Hietanen et al 1994) and in the United States (Perkins & Folk 1984;Henderly et al 1987;Holland & Engstrom 1988) and it was the leading cause of all uveitis cases in Nigeria (Ayanru 1977) and in Brazil (Belfort 1988). The incidence of toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis was 0.3 per 100 000 population in this study and 2.16 per 100 000 population in France (Vadot et al 1984).…”

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Incidence and prevalence of different uveitis entities in Finland

Päivönsalo-Hietanen

Tuominen

Vaahtoranta-Lehtonen

et al. 1997

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

103

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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).

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Uveitis survey at the University Eye Clinic in Turku

Cited by 41 publications

References 33 publications

A Study on the Pattern of Uveitis and Any Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Uveitis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi, India

A Study on the Pattern of Uveitis and Any Seasonal Variation in the Incidence of Uveitis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi, India

Uveitis- a rare disease often associated with systemic diseases and infections- a systematic review of 2619 patients

Incidence and prevalence of different uveitis entities in Finland

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