OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of uveitis presenting de novo in the elderly. DESIGN The study design was a description of a retrospectively identified case series. PARTICIPANTS A population of 138 patients (209 eyes) with uveitis beginning after age 60 was analyzed. RESULTS Uveitis in the elderly accounted for 10.4% of the authors' uveitis population. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anterior uveitis is the most common form of intraocular inflammation. The main aim of this study was to determine the viral etiology in patients with unilateral cases of anterior uveitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 12 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of idiopathic unilateral anterior uveitis were included prospectively. Aqueous specimens were obtained fro...

AIMS To analyze the prognostic role of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) for the onset of uveitis in the context of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), its correlation with uveitis course and severity and its prognostic role for the development of arthritis in children with uveitis. METHODS We conducted a systematic review analysis of the literature on the prognostic value of ANA on JIA associate...

AIMS To determine the levels of IgG class antibodies to recombinant heat shock protein 60 kDa of Yersinia enterocolitica (rHSP60Ye), Klebsiella pneumoniae (rHSP60Kp), Escherichia coli (rHSP60Ec), Shigella flexneri (rHSP60Sf), and Streptococcus pyogenes (rHSP60Sp) in the serum of patients with HLA-B27 associated acute anterior uveitis (HLA-B27 associated AAU), idiopathic acute anterior uveitis (...

AIM To investigate the causes and clinical characteristics of uveitis in patients presenting to a specialized eye hospital in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinical records of 1028 uveitis patients admitted between 1990 and 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Age at first presentation, sex, laterality, etiology, associated systemic disease, clinical presentation, and course of the disease...

PURPOSE To report a case of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU syndrome) with unusual unilateral neuroretinitis. METHODS An 11-year-old girl who developed anterior uveitis 3 months after acute tubulointerstitial nephritis, without any etiologic factors for either nephritis or uveitis, is presented. RESULTS Several days after the anterior uveitis, the patient presented w...

Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common cause of chronic anterior uveitis in childhood, and uveitis is the most frequent extra-articular manifestation seen overall in children with JIA. Although it is wellknown that ocular involvement is strongly associated with a constellation of particular clinical features, which include the presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA...

ocular lesions are a common manifestation of toxoplasmosis in cats. in this survey, 10 healthy syrianmice were infected through intraperitoneal inoculation of bradyzoites of toxoplasma gondii (tehran strain).mice were killed 30 days after inoculation and the suspension of their brains was prepared, after confirmationof the infection. seven kittens were fed with the infected mice brain suspensio...

OBJECTIVE To describe the etiology and outcome of patients with simultaneous-onset nongranulomatous bilateral acute anterior uveitis. METHODS The medical records of patients who presented to a single tertiary care center with simultaneous-onset nongranulomatous bilateral acute anterior uveitis between January 1990 and May 2010 were retrospectively reviewed; the clinical presentation, results of...

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...