Eiman Abd El Latif1, Wahib Fayez Goubran2, Emad El Din M El Gemai3,4, Ahmed E Habib4, Ahmed M Abdelbaki5, Hatem Ammar6, Mouamen Seleet7. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University , Alexandria , Egypt. 2. Alexandria Governorate Coordinator for Tuberculosis Elimination Program, Head of Chest Diseases Department, Alexandria Health Directorate , Alexandria , Egypt. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Damanhour Educational Hospital , Damanhour , Egypt. 4. Department of Vitreoretinal Diseases, Magrabi Eye Hospital , Tanta , Egypt. 5. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University , Cairo , Egypt. 6. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University , Sohag , Egypt. 7. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt.
Abstract
Purpose: To report the pattern of childhood-onset uveitis observed in Egypt from May 2010 to May 2017 Methods: Retrospective evaluation of the data of all patients with uveitis diagnosed before the age of 16 and visiting uveitis referral clinics in 5 Egyptian Governorates (Alexandria, Cairo, Al Bohayra (Damanhour), Al Gharbeya (Tanta), and Sohag) between May 2010 and May 2017. Results: A total of 413 uveitis patients were enrolled. These included 219 male and 194 female patients. Uveitis was bilateral in 68.3% of the patients. The most frequently observed ocular complications were cataract, glaucoma, and cystoid macular edema. The percentage of children with a visual acuity ≥1.00 logMAR in at least one eye by the final visit was 21.8%. Conclusion: Pediatric uveitis is a vision-threatening condition which caused more than one-fifth of the children in this study to lose vision in one or both eyes.
Purpose: To report the pattern of childhood-onset uveitis observed in Egypt from May 2010 to May 2017 Methods: Retrospective evaluation of the data of all patients with uveitis diagnosed before the age of 16 and visiting uveitis referral clinics in 5 Egyptian Governorates (Alexandria, Cairo, Al Bohayra (Damanhour), Al Gharbeya (Tanta), and Sohag) between May 2010 and May 2017. Results: A total of 413 uveitispatients were enrolled. These included 219 male and 194 female patients. Uveitis was bilateral in 68.3% of the patients. The most frequently observed ocular complications were cataract, glaucoma, and cystoid macular edema. The percentage of children with a visual acuity ≥1.00 logMAR in at least one eye by the final visit was 21.8%. Conclusion:Pediatric uveitis is a vision-threatening condition which caused more than one-fifth of the children in this study to lose vision in one or both eyes.
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Children; Egypt; epidemiology; patterns of uveitis; tuberculous uveitis