Cataract formation is an especially common complication resulting from uveitis. It is rare in posterior uveitis, but occurs in up to 50% of patients with anterior and intermediate uveitis (21), and in nearly 80% of patients with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHC). Duration and intensity of inflammation, and treatment, e.g. corticosteroids and previous vitrectomy, are critical determinants ...

Background/aim: Iris nodules are an uncommon clinical sign in uveitis. The diseases most commonly associated with iris nodules and uveitis include sarcoidosis, VogtKoyanagi-Harada syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis, and metastatic infection. While many of these diseases may be appropriately treated with immunosuppressive medication, the management of infectious uve...

PURPOSE To report the causes, clinical features, and outcomes of infectious uveitis in patients managed in a mid-Atlantic tertiary care center. METHODS Retrospective, observational study of infectious uveitis patients seen at the University of Virginia from 1984 to 2014. RESULTS Seventy-seven of 491 patients (15.7%) were diagnosed with infectious uveitis (mean age 58 years, 71.4% female, 76...

AIM Intravenous cidofovir is used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, and has been reported to cause anterior uveitis. Relations were sought between this complication and patient characteristics that might help predict its occurrence. METHODS 17 patients with AIDS and CMV retinitis who were treated with intravenous cidofovir were identified, and the following data collected in a retrosp...

Background Uveitis may occur in the course of systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, or it be first clinical presentation these diseases. Objectives To determine prevalence disease patients whose initial manifestation is non-infectious uveitis. Methods Adult diagnosed with uveitis Dokuz Eylul University Ophthalmology Department and referred to investigate etiology rheumatological were includ...

Leptospiral organisms have long been presumed to be associated with the presence of equine recurrent uveitis. This project was undertaken to determine the presence of Leptospira spp. in the aqueous humor of horses with uveitis to determine if there was an association with inflammation. Thirty horses were determined to have recurrent uveitis based on clinical evaluation or history. Sixteen horse...

OBJECTIVES Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the commonest rheumatic disease of childhood. Uveitis is the commonest eye complication of JIA, potentially leading to eye surgery and/or visual loss. JIA is a complex genetic trait with well-established HLA-DRB1 associations. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of HLA-DRB1 in JIA-associated uveitis. METHODS A set of 130 U...

AIMS To establish the frequency and risk factors for visual loss in a primary referral cohort of hospital patients with uveitis. METHODS 561 consecutive uveitis patients attending three district hospitals were recruited and the acuity at the end of the study period recorded. A retrospective case-control study of risk factors for visual loss (permanent loss of acuity <6/9) was performed. Risk ...

PURPOSE The pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis (JIAU) is undefined. This study intended to analyze the presence of antiocular autoantibodies in serum and their correlation with disease course. METHODS Serum samples from children with JIAU (n = 47); JIA without uveitis (n = 67); idiopathic anterior uveitis (IAU; n = 12); and healthy controls (n = 52) were collecte...

BACKGROUND/AIM Epidemiological studies of blindness in a working age population require a precise definition of the true connection of uveitis and visual damage. Since most patients with more severe types of uveitis are hospitalized in tertiary referral uveitis service, our aim was to determine whether age, sex and age of onset of uveitis, as well as duration of visual loss and its causes influ...