Pattern of Uveitis in a Referral Hospital in Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

Purpose: To report the pattern of uveitis in a tertiary eye care center in Bangladesh.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of all uveitis cases visiting uveitis clinic of Bangladesh Eye Hospital between January, 2009 and April, 2015.

Results: In total, 652 patients (mean age 32.3 years, female 47.8%) were included in the study. Uveitis was bilateral in 42.6% of cases. Anterior uveitis was the most common (39.2%) case, closely followed by intermediate uveitis (22.2%), posterior uveitis (22%), and panuveitis (16.4%). Specific diagnosis was established in 53.3% of patients. The three most common specific diagnoses were ocular tuberculosis (10.7%), followed by HLA-B27-related uveitis (10.1%) and Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease (VKHD; 8.4%).

Conclusion: Ocular tuberculosis remained an important cause of uveitis in Bangladesh while HLA-B27 and VKHD were found to be the most common non-infectious uveitic entity.

Keywords:

• Anterior uveitis
• panuveitis
• posterior uveitis
• tuberculosis
• uveitis

Declaration of Interest

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