ArticleMiddle East African journal of ophthalmology
Pattern of uveitis at a referral center in Iraq.
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- Incidence and changing patterns of uveitis in Central Tokyo.International ophthalmology · 2021Article
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- Clinical Profile and Treatment Response of Patients with Ocular Inflammation due to Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis: A Retrospective StudyTurkish journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of Adult Uveitis in a Northern Ireland Tertiary Referral Centre.The Ulster medical journal · 2019Article
- Visual and treatment outcomes of tubercular uveitis: a prospective case series from a referral hospital in Pakistan.BMC research notes · 2019Observational
- Epidemiology of uveitis (2013-2015) and changes in the patterns of uveitis (2004-2015) in the central Tokyo area: a retrospective study.BMC ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Ocular tuberculosis: current perspectives.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Review
- Intraocular pressure changes after posterior sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide in a sample of Iraqi patients with noninfectious uveitis.Taiwan journal of ophthalmologyArticle
- Patterns of Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in Northeastern Iran.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchArticle
- Infectious uveitis: An enigma.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyReview
- Viral posterior uveitis.Survey of ophthalmologyReview
- Clinical Features of Behçet's Disease Uveitis.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
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purposeTo determine the etiologies of uveitis and the causes of visual loss in uveitis patients at a referral center in Baghdad, Iraq. PATIENTS AND
methodsA 4-year prospective study was performed at the uveitis clinic at Ibn Al-Haetham teaching eye hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Referral cases of active uveitis were included. A complete ophthalmic examination was performed in all cases. If clinical picture did not indicate a specific etiology, patients were sent for a routine set of tests while ancillary tests were conducted when indicated.
resultsOut of 318 patients included in this study, 236 patients (74.2%) had bilateral uveitis, and 212 patients (66.7%) had non-granulomatous uveitis. Posterior uveitis was recorded in 123 cases (38.7%) followed by panuveitis in 97 cases (30.5%), anterior uveitis in 78 cases (24.5%), and intermediate uveitis in 20 cases (6.3%). A diagnosis was established in 210 cases (66%) while etiology could not be determined in the remaining 108 cases (34%). Most common infectious causes were toxoplasmosis (13.8%) and presumed ocular tuberculosis (11.4%) while most common non-infectious causes were Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (12.3%), Behηet's disease (8.2%), and pars planitis (5.7%). Out of 49 eyes with irreversible blindness, macular degenerations, or scars (46.9%) and optic nerve atrophy (34.7%) were the most important causes.
conclusionAt this referral center, toxoplasmosis and presumed ocular tuberculosis were the most common infectious causes of uveitis while Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, Behηet's disease, and pars planitis were, in that order, the most common non-infectious causes. Macular degenerations or scars and optic nerve atrophy were the most important causes of irreversible blindness.
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