Uveitis Referral Pattern in Upper and Lower Egypt

ABSTRACT

Purpose: To report the pattern of uveitis in two referral eye hospitals, one in Upper Egypt and another in Lower Egypt

Methods: Retrospective chart review of all uveitis cases visiting the uveitis clinic in Alexandria and Sohag University Hospitals between May 2010 and March 2017.

Results: A total of 1315 patients (683 in Upper Egypt and 632 in Lower Egypt) were identified. Uveitis was bilateral in 56.6% of patients in Upper Egypt and in 43.6% of patients in Lower Egypt. Anterior uveitis was the most common in both regions, accounting for 34.7% and 38.2% of cases in Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt respectively. Pediatric cases constituted 18.7% of the cases in Upper Egypt and 18.1% of the cases in Lower Egypt. Specific diagnosis was established in 71.3% and 67.7% of Upper and Lower Egypt cases respectively.

Conclusions: Patterns of uveitis differ according to the geographical area in Egypt.

Keywords:

• Alexandria
• Egypt
• epidemiology
• patterns of uveitis
• Sohag

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