Pediatric Uveitis in Turkey: The National Registry Report II

Abstract

Purpose To report demographic and clinical profiles of children with uveitis in theTurkishpopulation. Methods The data of the pediatric uveitis cases in the nation wide uveitis database were analyzed. Results The study included 697 eyes of 442 patients with a meanage of 10.8 +/- 3.8 years. There were 333 patients (75.3%) with non-infectious uveitis and 69 patients (15.6%) with infectious uveitis. Pars planitis (20.1%) was leading clinical form followed by idiopathic cases with uveitis other than pars planitis (18.8%), juvenile idiopathic arthritis(JIA) related uveitis (12.4%), Behcet uveitis (9.3%) and toxoplasma retinochoroiditis (7.9%). Ocular involvement was unilateral in 187 patients (42.3%) and bilateral in 255 patients (57.7%). The most common anatomiclocation of uveitis was anterior uveitis (39.1%), followed by intermediate uveitis (29.4%), panuveitis (16.1%) and posterior uveitis (15.4%). Conclusion The most common systemic association was JIA in the younger children and Behcet disease in the older children.