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Uveitis survey at the University Eye Clinic in Turku
Author(s) -
PäivönsaloHietanen T.,
VaahtorantaLehtonen H.,
Tuominen J.,
Saari K. M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1994.tb02805.x
Subject(s) - medicine , uveitis , optometry , ophthalmology , family medicine
. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 1122 patients with endogenous uveitis treated at the University Eye Clinic in Turku during the eyars 1980–1982 and 1988. Of the 1122 patients 568 were men and 554 women; 1034 (92.2%) had anterior uveitis, 15 (1.3%) intermediate uveitis, 64 (5.7%) posterior uveitis and 9 (0.8%) panuveitis; 867 (77.3%) were unilateral and 255 bilateral; 789 of 1067 cases (73.9%) were of sudden onset and 278 of insidious onset; 808 of 1102 cases (73.3%) were of short duration and 294 of long duration; and 519 (46.3%) single and 603 repeated. In this study uveitis occurred significantly more often (44.2%) in the age group 20–39 years than in other age groups (p < 0.00001). Anterior and posterior uveitis were more often unilateral than bilateral (p < 0.0005) and of sudden onset than of insidious onset (p < 0.00008). Acute anterior uveitis was the most common uveitic entity and accounted for 745 cases (66.4%). Acute anterior uveitis associated with ankylosing spondylitis was the single most frequently seen diagnostic group including 144 cases (12.8%) with a statistically significant male predominance (p < 0.00001).