Pattern of Pediatric Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Institute in North India

ABSTRACT

Purpose: To report the pattern of pediatric uveitis in a tertiary care referral center in North India.

Methods: In a retrospective study, records of pediatric uveitis cases presenting at our center between 1996 and 2015 were reviewed for demographic data, anatomic distribution, and diagnosis.

Results: Out of 9600 patients with uveitis, 369 children (3.84%; age ≤16 years; males: 54.20%) were included in the study. Anterior uveitis was the commonest presentation (n = 158; 42.81%), followed by posterior uveitis (n = 102; 27.64%). Uveitis was bilateral in 57.18% (n = 211). Infective etiology was seen in 99 children, of which tuberculosis was the commonest cause (n = 55; 14.91%). Among non-infectious etiologies, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) was the commonest cause (n = 59; 15.99%).

Conclusions: While anterior uveitis is the commonest uveitis in children, our cohort reported a high number of posterior uveitis cases compared to previous studies. Tuberculosis and JIA were the commonest causes of pediatric uveitis.

Keywords:

• Epidemiology
• juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• pediatric
• tuberculosis
• uveitis

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In response to: “Gautam N, Singh R, Agarwal A, et al. Pattern of Pediatric Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Institute in North India”

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