Uveitis incidence in Jichi Medical University Hospital, Japan, during 2011–2015

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate uveitis incidence of new patients who visited Jichi Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, north of Tokyo, during 2011–2015, and to compare the results with previously reported data from other facilities.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed clinical records of new patients with uveitis from April 2011 to March 2015 and compared the uveitis incidence with those from other hospitals.

Results

A total of 502 patients were enrolled in the study; definite diagnoses were made in 262 patients (52.2%). The top 4 diseases were sarcoidosis, 47 patients (9.4%); Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada (VKH) disease, 35 patients (7.0%); herpetic iritis, 29 patients (5.8%); and Behçet’s disease, 21 patients (4.2%).

Conclusion

The most commonly diagnosed diseases in our study were sarcoidosis, VKH disease, herpetic iritis, and Behçet’s disease. Compared with the latest nationwide survey in Japan, our results showed similar trends.

Keywords:

• uveitis
• Behçet’s disease
• sarcoidosis
• Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
• herpetic iritis
• etiological analysis

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Ms Katsue Aramaki for her secretarial assistance throughout the study.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.