Frequency of Uveitis in the Central Tokyo Area (2010–2012)

ABSTRACT

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of conditions of newly arrived patients with uveitis from 2010 to 2012 and compare this frequency with that since 2004.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical records of patients who visited the outpatient clinic from January 2010 to December 2012, and compared them with those from 2004–2009.

Results: From 2010 to 2012, 695 new patients with uveitis visited Tokyo University Hospital, with a definite diagnosis made in 431 (62.0%). The most common diagnosis was scleritis (8.3%), followed by sarcoidosis (8.1%); herpetic iridocyclitis (5.5%); Behçet disease (4.6%); Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (4.0%); acute anterior uveitis (3.7%); Posner–Schlossman syndrome (3.6%); intraocular malignant lymphoma (3.0%); and bacterial endophthalmitis (1.9%). The most frequent unclassified type of uveitis was sarcoidosis-suspected (14.8%).

Conclusions: When compared with years 2004–2009, the present series showed an increasing trend of intraocular malignant lymphoma, bacterial endophthalmitis, and chronic iridocyclitis, and a notable increase in chronic iridocyclitis in young girls, with decreasing trends of scleritis and Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease.

Keywords:

• Causes
• diagnoses
• frequency of conditions
• uveitis

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

FUNDING

This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Science Research for Behçet’s Disease from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (No. 50056096).

Additional information

Funding

This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Science Research for Behçet’s Disease from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (No. 50056096).