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Clinical profile of anterior uveitis in tertiary health centre of central India

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Author Details : Sujata Lakhtakia, Baldev Sastya, Anamika Tiwari, Varun Upadhyay*

Volume : 7, Issue : 4, Year : 2021

Article Page : 723-727

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.146

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Abstract

Aim: To study the clinical profile of anterior uveitis in patients attending the Ophthalmology department of tertiary health centre of central India
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, observational study was done in the department of Ophthalmology of tertiary health centre from January 2017 to July 2019. A total of 199 cases of anterior uveitis were studied to assess their clinical presentation and etiology. After thorough history taking, demographic data and clinical pattern were documented. Comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation, necessary laboratory investigations and radiological imaging were performed to establish the etiology.
Results: The maximum number (n=79; 39.7%) of patients were in the age group of 21-40 years and the mean age of the study subjects was 36.9+21.8 years. The male to female ratio was 1:1.42 (117 females, 82 males). Uniocular disease was found in 91.95% cases and majority (n=175; 87.93%) of the patients had acute presentation with 95.47% cases having non granulomatous uveitis. A specific diagnosis could not be made in 62.8% cases. Trauma (21.7%) was the most common cause in patients with a specific diagnosis. Persistent posterior synechiae was the most frequently seen complication (21.08%) although majority of the patients (66.8%) did not reveal any major complications.
Conclusion: Patients with anterior uveitis most commonly had acute presentation. The disease was rarely bilateral and was mostly non-granulomatous in presentation. It was mostly idiopathic and among the known etiological factors, trauma was the most common cause.
Keywords: Anterior uveitis, Acute, Idiopathic, Non-granulomatous, Unilateral, Trauma.

How to cite : Lakhtakia S, Sastya B, Tiwari A, Upadhyay V, Clinical profile of anterior uveitis in tertiary health centre of central India. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2021;7(4):723-727

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