title: Frequency of Uveitis in the Central Tokyo Area (2010-2012).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the frequency of conditions of newly arrived patients with uveitis from 2010 to 2012 and compare this frequency with that since 2004.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed clinical records of patients who visited the outpatient clinic from January 2010 to December 2012, and compared them with those from 2004-2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 2010 to 2012, 695 new patients with uveitis visited Tokyo University Hospital, with a definite diagnosis made in 431 (62.0%). The most common diagnosis was scleritis (8.3%), followed by sarcoidosis (8.1%); herpetic iridocyclitis (5.5%); Behçet disease (4.6%); Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (4.0%); acute anterior uveitis (3.7%); Posner-Schlossman syndrome (3.6%); intraocular malignant lymphoma (3.0%); and bacterial endophthalmitis (1.9%). The most frequent unclassified type of uveitis was sarcoidosis-suspected (14.8%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When compared with years 2004-2009, the present series showed an increasing trend of intraocular malignant lymphoma, bacterial endophthalmitis, and chronic iridocyclitis, and a notable increase in chronic iridocyclitis in young girls, with decreasing trends of scleritis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Hisae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaburaki
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakawa
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komae
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okinaga
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: b Department of Ophthalmology , Japan Community Healthcare Organization Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center , Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014041:Tokyo / Q000453:epidemiology; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Causes; diagnoses; frequency of conditions; uveitis