Treatment of uveitis and scleritis patients in Malaysia

To determine the common causes and visual outcome after treatment among uveitis and scleritis patients. This is a retrospective cohort observational study. All consecutive clinical records of patients with newly diagnosed uveitis and scleritis over a 4-year period, from Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2020...

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Published in:International journal of ophthalmology 2024-03, Vol.17 (3), p.518-527
Main Authors: Seow, Sieng Teng, Tajunisah, Iqbal, Lee, Fei Yee, Lott, Pooi Wah, Reddy, Sagili Chandrasekhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aetiology
blindness
Clinical Research
ocular morbidity
scleritis
uveitis
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Summary:To determine the common causes and visual outcome after treatment among uveitis and scleritis patients. This is a retrospective cohort observational study. All consecutive clinical records of patients with newly diagnosed uveitis and scleritis over a 4-year period, from Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2020, were analysed. Data was collected at the presentation and included a follow-up period of one year. A total of 288 patients were recruited during the study period. Anterior uveitis was the most common anatomical diagnosis (50.0%) followed by panuveitis (25.0%), scleritis (13.5%), posterior uveitis (6.9%), and intermediate uveitis (4.5%). Viral Herpes was the most common cause of infectious cases, while Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B27 spondyloarthropathy were the leading causes of identifiable non-infectious cases. Majority of patients presented with unilateral, non-granulomatous uveitis with an absence of hypopyon. Anatomical locations like posterior uveitis and panuveitis, and visual acuity worse than 3/60 at presentation were the factors associated with poor visual outcomes (
ISSN:2222-3959
2227-4898
DOI:10.18240/ijo.2024.03.14