Pattern of Uveitis in a Referral Hospital in Bangladesh

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018;26(6):893-896. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2017.1281424. Epub 2017 Mar 21.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Ophthalmoscopy
  • Referral and Consultation*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sex Distribution
  • Tuberculosis, Ocular / complications*
  • Uveitis / diagnosis
  • Uveitis / epidemiology*
  • Uveitis / etiology
  • Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / complications*
  • Young Adult