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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Uveitis from Urban Populations in South India
Swapnali Sabhapandit1, Somasheila I Murthy1, Vivek M Singh1
1a Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, LV Prasad Eye Institute , Kallam Anji Reddy Campus , Hyderabad , Telangana , India.
Purpose:
To report the epidemiology of uveitis in two urban centers in South India.
Methods:
Case records seen between January 2014 and December 2014 at two tertiary eye centers in South India were retrospectively reviewed.
Results:
A total of 1123 patients in the study population had uveitis. Anterior uveitis was seen in 48.9%, posterior in 20.5%, intermediate in 17.3%, and panuveitis in 13.3%. Of these cases, 68.4% were acute uveitis. Pediatric uveitis constituted 6.9% patients. Tuberculosis was the commonest infectious etiology.
Conclusions:
Idiopathic uveitis was highest in non-infectious and tuberculosis in infectious etiology. Toxoplasmosis was seen in the pediatric age group.
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