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Ocular Immunology and Inflammation Volume 17, 2009 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Causes of Uveitis at a Referral Center in Saudi Arabia

Issam Hussein Hamade The Eye Center and the Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
, MD,
Naser Elkum Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
, PhD &
Khalid F. Tabbara The Eye Center and the Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, MD
Pages 11-16 | Received 12 Mar 2008, Accepted 10 Sep 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to determine the causes of uveitis at the Eye Center in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A retrospective review. The causes of uveitis were analyzed according to various patient characteristics. Results: A total of 488 cases were encountered. The age range was 3 to 99 years (mean age: 38 years). The most common causes of uveitis included anterior uveitis 60%, panuveitis 24%, posterior uveitis 11%, and intermediate uveitis 6%. Conclusions: The authors found a high prevalence of acute anterior nongranulomatous uveitis. The most commonly encountered infectious uveitis included herpes virus, tuberculosis, and toxoplasmosis.

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