Pediatric uveitis in Turkey: The National Registry Report II
Purpose
To report the demographic and clinical features of pediatric uveitis seen at secondary and tertiary care centers in Turkey.
Methods
The data of the pediatric uveitis cases in the nationwide uveitis database were analyzed.
Results
The study included 232 (52.5%) male and 210 (47.5%) female with a mean age of 10.8 ± 3.8 years. The mean age of the female cases (10.1 ± 4.1) were relatively younger than males (11.3 ± 3.5) (p=0.004). There were 333 (75.3%) patients with non-infectious and 69 (15.6%) patients with infectious uveitis. Pars planitis was the leading diagnosis (20.1%) followed by idiopathic cases (18.8%), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (12.4%), Behçet disease (9.3%), and toxoplasma retinochoroiditis (7.9%). Ocular involvement was unilateral in 187 patients (42.3%) and bilateral in 255 patients (57.7%). Bilateral involvement was seen more commonly in non-infectious cases than in infectious cases (65.8% vs. 27.5%; p<0.001). BCVA was ≤ 0.1 in 18.1% of eyes. At the time of presentation, 23.0% of the eyes had posterior synechiae, 12.1% had cataract, 8.9% had cystoid or diffuse macular edema, 7.5% had optic disc edema, 7.5% had band keratopathy, 5.2% were under anti-glaucomatous medication, 4.0% had total or partial optic atrophy, and 3.0% had macular scar.
Conclusion
Pediatric uveitis is a cause of significant ocular morbidity and severe vision loss. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to prevent sight-threatening complications.
Conflict of interest
No
Author 1
Last name
YALÇINDAG
Initials of first name(s)
N
Department
Ankara University
City
Ankara
Country
Turkey
Author 2
Last name
OZDAL
Initials of first name(s)
P
Department
University of Health Sciences
City
Ankara
Country
Turkey
Author 3
Last name
OZYAZGAN
Initials of first name(s)
Y
Department
Cerrahpasa University
City
Istanbul
Country
Turkey
Author 4
Last name
BATIOGLU
Initials of first name(s)
F
Department
Ankara University
City
Ankara
Country
Turkey
Author 5
Last name
TUGAL-TUTKUN
Initials of first name(s)
I
Department
Istanbul University
City
Istanbul
Country
Turkey
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