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Patterns of Uveitis in a University-based Tertiary Referral Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/09273948.2014.939197

1744-5078

Huda Al Dhahri, Khalid Al Rubaie, Suhail Hemachandran, Ahmed Mousa, Priscilla W. Gikandi, Hani S. Al‐Mezaine, Ahmed M. Abu El‐Asrar,

Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants

To investigate the referral patterns and diagnosis of uveitis in a university-based tertiary referral center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 642 patients (1220 eyes).There were 295 (46%) males and 347 (54%) female patients, with a mean age of 36.4 ± 16.1 years at presentation. Panuveitis was most common (47.1%), followed by anterior uveitis (36.8%), posterior uveitis (10.7%), and intermediate uveitis (5.4%). Nongranulomatous (85.2%) and noninfectious (69.3%) were the most frequent types of uveitis. The most identifiable specific diagnoses were Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease (19.6%), presumed tuberculous uveitis (PTU) (17.8%), Behçet disease (BD) (8.4%), and toxoplasmosis (6.9%). After a mean follow-up period of 31.3 ± 31.5 months, 73.5% of the eyes achieved visual acuity of 20/40 or better.The most common anatomic diagnosis was panuveitis. VKH disease, PTU, BD, and toxoplasmosis are the most frequently diagnosed entities.