Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2024 Sep;32(7):1351-1358. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2023.2244077. Epub 2023 Sep 12.
To compare the diagnosis and clinical features of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Retrospective chart review.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2017 to March 2019), 1/561 (0.18%) new patient was diagnosed with TINU. During the pandemic (March 2020 to March 2022), 15/581 (2.58%) new patients were diagnosed with TINU. We found a significant increase in TINU cases during the pandemic (P=0.0005). Various posterior segment findings were observed in 2/3 (66.7%) patients before the pandemic and 13/15 (86.7%) patients during the pandemic, including disc edema, chorioretinal scars, disc leakage, and peripheral vascular leakage.
This is the first study reporting an increased number of TINU during the COVID-19 pandemic. With most of the American population now exposed to COVID-19, a large multi-center epidemiological study would be helpful to investigate any association of COVID-19 disease or vaccination with TINU in recent years.
比较 COVID-19 大流行前后间质性肾炎和葡萄膜炎综合征(TINU)的诊断和临床特征。
回顾性病历审查。
在 COVID-19 大流行之前(2017 年 3 月至 2019 年 3 月),561 例新患者中诊断出 1 例 TINU(0.18%)。在大流行期间(2020 年 3 月至 2022 年 3 月),581 例新患者中诊断出 15 例 TINU。我们发现大流行期间 TINU 病例显著增加(P=0.0005)。在大流行之前,3 例患者中的 2 例(66.7%)和大流行期间的 15 例患者中的 13 例(86.7%)观察到各种后节发现,包括视盘水肿、脉络膜视网膜瘢痕、视盘渗漏和周围血管渗漏。
这是第一项报告 COVID-19 大流行期间 TINU 病例增加的研究。由于现在大多数美国人口都接触过 COVID-19,一项大型多中心的流行病学研究将有助于调查 COVID-19 疾病或疫苗接种与近年来 TINU 之间的任何关联。