PURPOSE To compare the patterns of uveitis, emphasizing similarities and discrepancies, in the Middle East and Europe. METHODS Six articles reporting uveitis patterns from the Middle East including a total of 2,693 cases, and seven articles with a sum of 4,379 cases from Europe were analyzed and patterns in each region were defined and compared. RESULTS In both regions, uveitis was most com...

Methods The database of the German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology was searched for all patients admitted from January 2010 until October 2011 with a diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and chronic anterior uveitis and treatment periods with both leflunomide and methotrexate. Patients with uveitis due to other causes were excluded. A retrospective chart survey was used t...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to report the demographics, disease characteristics, treatments, and visual outcomes of pediatric uveitis patients without juvenile idiopathic arthritis managed in a tertiary medical center. METHODS A retrospective, observational study was performed in pediatric uveitis patients without juvenile idiopathic arthritis and aged 0-18 years, who were seen a...

Introduction Chronic anterior uveitis is one of the most serious complications of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), showing an increased incidence in patients with early-onset disease, oligoarticualar, ANA (+). Biologic therapy used in the treatment of JIA has greatly improved the articular prognosis, however their effectiveness in JIA associated uveitis is still not well established, having...

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome is a rare disease of unknown etiology defined by the combination of tubulointerstitial nephritis, uveitis, and biochemical abnormalities. It has been reported that TINU mainly affects adolescents and young women. Here we reported a special case regarding a 60-year-old man with acute renal failure due to TINU syndrome documented by renal b...

This study was initiated to induce experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU) in Lewis rats by melanin-associated antigen (MAA; 22-kDa fragment of type I collagen alpha2 chain) derived from rat iris and ciliary body (CB), to localize MAA within the eye, and to investigate the possible mechanism of MAA generation in vivo. The EAAU model replicates idiopathic human anterior uveitis. Lewis ra...

Identification of an infectious cause in intraocular inflammation is of crucial importance since their treatment and prognosis differ from non-infectious aetiologies. Herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viruses are well known causes of anterior uveitis. Furthermore, cytomegalovirus (CMV) and rubella virus (RV) are also detected in a significant number of patients. Despite their different aetiol...

PURPOSE To ascertain the patterns of uveitis at Motahari uveitis clinic, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, a tertiary referral center in Shiraz, Southern Iran. METHODS All new cases of uveitis referred from June 2005 to July 2011 to our center were consecutively enrolled in the study. After taking a complete history of systemic and ocular diseases, all patients underwent a complete ophth...

Uveitis is a common complication of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) affecting up to 30% of patients with JIA. Although the typical bilateral chronic anterior uveitis associated with the persistent and extended oligoarticular and polyarticular, rheumatoid factor negative variants of JIA occurs predominantly in girls, boys may be more commonly affected in the HLA-B27 positive, enthesitis vari...

Introduction:Anterior uveitis includes iritis, iridocyclitis and anterior cyclitis. Aim of the study is to evaluate clinical profile in tertiary care centre Western Maharashtra. Methodology:An observational ,descriptive , cross sectional was conducted at hospital rural set up. A total 35 eyes 27 patients diagnosed with were evaluated. All underwent complete ophthalmic evaluation systemic examin...