title: Pars planitis: epidemiology and clinical outcome in a large community hospital in Mexico City.
abstract: Medical records of 51 patients with a diagnosis of pars planitis (97 eyes) were reviewed. Based upon the severity of vitreous inflammation, in 34 eyes (35%) the condition was classified as mild, in 38 (39%) as moderate, and in 25 eyes (26%) as severe. Vascular sheathing was present in 51 eyes (53%), snowballs in 42 (43%), snowbanks in 29 (30%), cataract in 19 (20%), cystoid macular edema in 26 (27%), retinal detachment in 4 (4%) and glaucoma in 3 (3%) eyes. Treatment consisted of prednisone and periocular injections of deposteroids or immunosuppressive agents; 13 patients required surgery for retinal repair, glaucoma, vitreous opacities or cataract. After treatment the visual acuity improved in 58% of the eyes, did not change in 33%, and worsened in 9%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uveitis, Asociación para evitar la ceguera en México, Luis Sanchez Bulnes Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortega-Larrocea
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arellanes-Garcia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015868:Pars Planitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome