Epidemiology of Uveitis in a Tertiary-care Referral Institute in North India. (24th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dogra, Mohit; Singh, Ramandeep; Agarwal, Aniruddha; Sharma, Ashok; Singh, Simar Rajan; Gautam, Natasha; Yangzes, Sonam; Samanta, Ramanuj; Sharma, Manu; Aggarwal, Kanika; Sharma, Aman; Sharma, Kusum; Bansal, Reema; Gupta, Amod; Gupta, Vishali
• Is Part Of: Ocular immunology and inflammation. Volume 25:Number 1(2017)
• Page Start: S46
• Page End: S53
• Publication Date: 2017-08-24
• Subjects: Choroiditis -- epidemiology -- panuveitis -- tuberculosis -- uveitis; Eye -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects -- Periodicals; Eye -- Inflammation -- Periodicals; 617.7
• DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1255761
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0927-3948

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Purpose : To report epidemiology of uveitis in a tertiary-care referral institute in North India. Methods : Hospital records of patients with uveitis between June 2011 and September 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Results : Of the 1912 patients, 56.64% were males. Anterior uveitis (43.04%) was the most common manifestation followed by posterior uveitis (24.58%), panuveitis (16.21%), and intermediate uveitis (10.66%). Specific etiologies could be ascertained in 60.56%. Tuberculosis (22.9%) was the most common infectious and HLA-B27-associated uveitis (9.46%) among non-infectious causes. Conclusions : There is a trend towards a decrease in idiopathic etiologies of uveitis. Tuberculosis remains the most common infectious etiology in North India.