Turk J Med Sci. 2014;44(2):337-42. doi: 10.3906/sag-1302-132.
To investigate the causes and clinical characteristics of uveitis in patients presenting to a specialized eye hospital in Turkey.
The clinical records of 1028 uveitis patients admitted between 1990 and 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. Age at first presentation, sex, laterality, etiology, associated systemic disease, clinical presentation, and course of the disease were noted.
The mean age at presentation was 36.23 ± 14.9 years. Males constituted 58.2% of patients. Anatomically, anterior uveitis (42%) was most common, followed by posterior uveitis (24.9%), panuveitis (24.7%), and intermediate uveitis (8.4%). The course of the disease was mostly chronic (65.7%). The cases were idiopathic at 25.7% and Behçet's disease (BD) was the most common cause of uveitis (32.2%), followed by ocular toxoplasmosis (7.2%) and herpetic uveitis (6.8%).
Uveitis tends to affect patients between 20 and 40 years old. BD is the most common cause, leading to male predominance and a higher frequency of a chronic course.
调查在土耳其一家专门眼科医院就诊的患者葡萄膜炎的病因和临床特征。
回顾性分析 1990 年至 2010 年间收治的 1028 例葡萄膜炎患者的临床记录。记录患者首次就诊时的年龄、性别、侧别、病因、伴发全身疾病、临床表现和疾病过程。
患者的平均就诊年龄为 36.23±14.9 岁。男性占 58.2%。解剖学上，前葡萄膜炎（42%）最常见，其次是后葡萄膜炎（24.9%）、全葡萄膜炎（24.7%）和中间葡萄膜炎（8.4%）。疾病过程多为慢性（65.7%）。25.7%的病例为特发性，葡萄膜炎最常见的病因是贝切特病（BD）（32.2%），其次是眼弓形体病（7.2%）和疱疹性葡萄膜炎（6.8%）。
葡萄膜炎患者多为 20-40 岁。BD 是最常见的病因，导致男性发病居多和更高的慢性病程频率。
