ORIGINAL ARTICLE Causes of Uveitis in a Referral Hospital in Ankara, Turkey

Autor:	Onur Abdik, Ahmet Şengün, Ahmet Karakurt, Hikmet Hasiripi, Remzi Karadag, M. Sinan Saricaoglu
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Referral business.industry Panuveitis Behcet's disease medicine.disease Surgery Ophthalmology medicine Etiology Immunology and Allergy Computer database Intermediate uveitis Statistical analysis business Uveitis
Zdroj:	Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 13:45-50
ISSN:	1744-5078 0927-3948
DOI:	10.1080/09273940590909121
Popis:	Purpose: To evaluate the etiology of uveitis and its associated systemic findings in a referral hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Materials and methods: Clinical records of patients in our uveitis department were reviewed retrospectively and 419 eyes of 300 consecutive patients were included in the study. Cases of uveitis due to postoperative endophthalmitis, perforating injuries, and foreign bodies were excluded from the study. The data, including sex, age, clinical presentation, disease course and outcome, ocular involvement, etiology, and associated systemic findings, were entered into a computer database. Pearson chi-square statistical analysis was performed to analyze the data whenever necessary. Results: The study subjects consisted of 162 males and 138 females, with a female to male ratio of 1:1.17 and an average age of 35.7 years. Anterior uveitis was the most common form of uveitis with 43.6%, followed by posterior uveitis (26.6%), panuveitis (20.6%), and intermediate uveitis (9%). Idiopathic uveitis (...
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