Clinical patterns and characteristics of uveitis in a secondary hospital in southern China.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the characteristics of uveitis in a secondary hospital in southern China.


METHODS
We reviewed all records of patients with uveitis at Hengli Hospital from January 2008 to December 2011. Demographic data, past history, ophthalmic examinations and other laboratory tests were analyzed.


RESULTS
One hundred and ninety-nine uveitis patients were enrolled in this study, including 134 (67.3%) males and 65 females (32.7%) with an average age of 41.0±15.1y. The anatomical distribution included 103 (51.8%) cases of anterior uveitis, followed by panuveitis (65, 32.7%), posterior uveitis (29, 14.6%) and intermediate uveitis (2, 1.0%). Of the 98 (49.2%) non-idiopathic cases, there were 10.1% Behcet's disease, 9.5% Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome, 7.5%infectious uveitis, 7.5% traumatic uveitis and 3.5% postoperative uveitis.


CONCLUSIONS
Idiopathic anterior and posterior uveitis, Behcet's disease, VKH syndrome, infectious uveitis and traumatic uveitis are the most common uveitis entities in a secondary hospital in southern China. Additional measures should be taken to prevent infectious and traumatic uveitis.
Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Yang
Y
Zheng
Hengli Town People's Hospital, Dongguan 523460, Guangdong Province, China.
Li-Xin
LX
Zhang
Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Qian-Li
QL
Meng
Department of Ophthalmology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan 523018, Guangdong Province, China.
Min
M
Zhang
Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Eye Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
Ying
Y
Cui
Department of Ophthalmology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan 523018, Guangdong Province, China.
Qing-Yang
QY
Liu
Hengli Town People's Hospital, Dongguan 523460, Guangdong Province, China.
Zhong-Ling
ZL
Luo
Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Li-Ping
LP
Du
epidemiological studies; southern China; uveitis