Pattern of Uveitis in a Tertiary Ophthalmology Center in Thailand

ABSTRACT

Purpose: To study the etiology and pattern of uveitis in a tertiary ophthalmology center in Thailand.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on uveitis patients presenting to a uveitis clinic at Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand, between February 2014 and January 2015.

Results: A total of 758 uveitis patients were enrolled into this study. The most common identified cause was herpetic uveitis (17.2%), followed by Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (13.5%), cytomegalovirus uveitis (12.7%), and HLA-B27/spondyloarthropathy-associated uveitis (12.4%).

Conclusions: Herpetic uveitis was the commonest form of infectious uveitis, whereas Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease was most frequently seen as the non-infectious cause of uveitis in Thailand.

Keywords:

• Behçet disease
• herpes
• HLA-B27
• uveitis
• Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

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