Gonzalez-Gonzalez Luis Alonso, Molina-Prat Nicolas, Doctor Priyanka, Tauber Joseph, Sainz de la Maza Maite, Foster C Stephen
Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA .
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2014 Jun;22(3):203-7. doi: 10.3109/09273948.2013.840385. Epub 2013 Oct 16.
To describe clinical features, ocular complications, and visual outcomes of patients with posterior scleritis.
Clinical characteristics of a subset of 31 patients with posterior scleritis were studied and compared with 469 patients with anterior scleritis.
Of 500 patients, 31 (6.2%) had posterior scleritis. Most patients presented with subacute (80.6%), unilateral (61.3%) scleral inflammation. Pain was moderate to severe in 54.8% of patients. Concomitant anterior scleritis was observed during follow-up in 77.4% of patients and in all patients with moderate to severe pain. Patients with posterior scleritis were significantly younger (43.6 vs. 54.4 years, p < 0.001) and had significantly higher decrease of vision (29.0 vs. 14.9%, p = 0.027) than those with isolated anterior scleritis.
Posterior scleritis must be considered in patients with decrease of vision, mild to severe pain, optic disc edema, and/or posterior uveitis. Moderate to severe pain may be associated with poorer visual outcome.
描述后巩膜炎患者的临床特征、眼部并发症及视力预后。
研究31例后巩膜炎患者亚组的临床特征,并与469例前巩膜炎患者进行比较。
500例患者中,31例(6.2%)患有后巩膜炎。大多数患者表现为亚急性(80.6%)、单侧(61.3%)巩膜炎症。54.8%的患者疼痛为中度至重度。随访期间,77.4%的患者及所有中度至重度疼痛患者均观察到合并前巩膜炎。后巩膜炎患者比单纯前巩膜炎患者显著年轻(43.6岁对54.4岁,p<0.001),视力下降显著更高(29.0%对14.9%,p = 0.027)。
视力下降、轻至重度疼痛、视盘水肿和/或后葡萄膜炎患者必须考虑后巩膜炎。中度至重度疼痛可能与较差的视力预后相关。