title: Uveitis in northern Portugal.
abstract: During the past four years 450 patients (247 female - mean age 36 years and 203 male - mean age 34 years) with intraocular inflammation were evaluated using standard diagnostic criteria, to establish a uveitis survey profile. Patients were divided into four anatomic groups: anterior uveitis (270 cases = 60%), posterior uveitis (108 cases = 24%), panuveitis (54 cases = 12%) and intermediate uveitis (18 cases = 4%). A probable aetiological diagnosis was made in 232 cases (51.5%). Rheumatic diseases were diagnosed most commonly (55 cases = 12.2%), mainly ankylosing spondylitis, as is true for other European countries. Ocular toxoplasmosis was a frequent cause of uveitis, as in Brazil and West Africa, thus requiring a prompt diagnosis and treatment. Behçet's syndrome was associated with HLA B5 (65%) as in Japanese and Mediterranean populations. In our area AIDS retinitis is becoming an important differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmares
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Correia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology