purpose: to analyze the clinical patterns and etiologies of uveitis in isfahan. methods: the records of 2016 patients with uveitis who had been referred to the feiz tertiary eye care center, isfahan, between 1999 and 2013 were classified and analyzed with respect to demographic, clinical, anatomical, and etiological characteristics. results: at the onset of uveitis, the mean patient age was 33....

Background: Idiopathic anterior uveitis is an anterior segment inflammation in which a detailed medical history, general and ocular physical examination is not associated with any defined clinical syndrome. Alterations in immune system parameters have been reported in patients with idiopathic posterior uveitis; however no data on the role of immune system in idiopathic anterior uveitis has yet ...

Background: Cataract surgery lens implantation is the most common eye surgery that good quality of operation can help good visual outcome. One of the most common complication following cataract surgery is uveitis that usualy occur in first few weeks after operation. The aim of the present study was to compare the incidence of the post operative uveitis between viscoelastic substance and air in...

purpose: to characterize keratic precipitate (kp) morphology in different forms of uveitis. methods: one hundred and twenty nine eyes of 93 patients with different forms of uveitis underwent confocal scan and the morphology of kps were determined. differences in kp morphologies among different uveitic groups were evaluated.  results: age ranged from 14 to 67 years (mean: 32.5±11.2) and 58 cases...

the effect of blood glucose level changes induced by 24h food deprivation and intraperitoneal (ip) injection of insulin (2iu/kg) and glucose (2gr/kg) was investigated on the pain induced by intraplantar (ipl) injection of formalin (20ml , 5%) in mice. blood glucose level changes were determined by blood sampling from the apex of the tail of mice. ip injection of insulin and 24h food deprivation...

purpose : to review epidemiological aspects of uveitis in asia and compare it with few major reports from outside of this continent methods : we have reviewed 522 articles concerning the causes and patterns of uveitis and 22 major epidemiology reviews, registered from 1962 to 2009 in medline-database. we have selected 7 major reviews from asia and compared it with five major articles from afric...

background: idiopathic anterior uveitis is an anterior segment inflammation in which a detailed medical history, general and ocular physical examination is not associated with any defined clinical syndrome. alterations in immune system parameters have been reported in patients with idiopathic posterior uveitis; however no data on the role of immune system in idiopathic anterior uveitis has yet ...

purpose: to evaluate the role of anxiety in idiopathic acute anterior uveitis. methods: in this case-control study, three groups including 30 patients with uveitis, 30 patients with conjunctivitis, and 30 healthy controls were enrolled for estimating the anxiety level by employing zung anxiety assessment and a structured clinical interview. t test and chi square test were used for statistical a...

The rabbit anterior chamber was used for implantation of specifically sensitized allogeneic lymph node tissue. Initial vascularizaton was followed by a primary uveitis corresponding to a local graft-versus-host reaction (GVHR) which resolved after 4 to 6 days. Intracorneal injection of specific antigen in quiescent eyes bearing viable lymph node allografts was followed by an intense inflammator...