PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric uveitis cases at a large tertiary referral center in Dallas, TX, USA. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors performed a retrospective chart review between 2001 and 2011 to identify children with uveitis. RESULTS A total of 46 children (68 eyes) with uveitis were identified. Sixty-seven percent were Hispa...

Purpose Uveitis is an intraocular inflammatory disease that accounts for 10-15% of all cases of total blindness in the U.S. Although uveitis is more prevalent in adults, children comprise approximately 5% of the uveitis population. The most common etiologies of childhood uveitis are idiopathic, infectious, and rheumatologic. Idiopathic uveitis is the most common cause of pediatric uveitis, whil...

A 38-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus complained of acute visual loss in the left eye (20/200) and swollen left upper eyelid. Slit lamp examination of the left eye revealed ciliary injection, posterior synechia iritis, numerous inflammatory cells, and fibrin exudates in the anterior chamber. T1-weighted enhanced magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated left lacrimal gland enhancement with i...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to describe clinical features and serological findings of children with idiopathic arthritis in south-western iran.methods: this descriptive study included 60 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were referred to a pediatric rheumatology clinic at a university hospital during 6-month period. initial manifestations, first laboratory tests an...

AIM To investigate whether serum levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) can serve as a marker of the presence of systemic disease in intermediate uveitis. METHODS In a multicentre study sICAM-1 serum levels were measured in 61 patients with idiopathic intermediate uveitis, controls included 56 uveitis patients with a systemic disease (26 sarcoid associated uveitis and 3...

Objective: The objective is to study the etiology, clinical spectrum, management, and outcome of anterior uveitis in a tertiary eye care center Eastern India compares it with data other published reports. Methods: This was prospective interventional research performed on all (new old) patients visiting our ophthalmology OPD for treatment between January 2020 December 2022. A thorough history, e...

A prospective study was undertaken on 54 patients with an apparently idiopathic first attack of acute anterior uveitis. Blood samples were assayed for antibodies to Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and tested for HLA type. Thirteen patients were found to have serological evidence of recent yersinia infection, eight with Y. enterocolitica and five with Y. pseudotuberculos...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the frequency and characteristics of childhood-onset uveitis and evaluate the rate and specific causes of visual loss in this population. METHODS The data of 121 patients (179 eyes) with uveitis starting before ≤16 years and followed up for at least 6 months were retrospectively evaluated. Age at onset, sex, laterality, associated systemic disease, labo...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of cataract surgery in adult patients with uveitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, medical charts of patients with uveitis and matched control patients without uveitis who underwent cataract surgery at the Eye Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, between January 2005 and December 2009 were analyzed. RESULTS The study in...