title: Patterns of Uveitis and Scleritis in Nepal: A Tertiary Referral Center Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the patterns of uveitis and scleritis at the tertiary referral center in Nepal.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of uveitis and scleritis cases at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1113 uveitis, 73 scleritis, 35 sclerouveitis cases were reviewed. Anterior uveitis (590, 53%) was most common, followed by panuveitis (20%), intermediate uveitis (14%), then posterior uvietis (12.9%). The most common causes of anterior, pan, and posterior uveitis were herpetic disease (15.1%), SHAPU (15.2%) and toxoplamosis (27.1%) respectively. The most common cause of scleritis & sclerouveitis was Tuberculosis (15.1%, 31.4% respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Herpetic disease, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis and SHAPU were common infections.
authors.affiliation: a Uveitis Department , Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology , Gaushala, Bagmati Bridge, Kathmandu , Nepal.
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manandhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015423:Scleritis / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014605:Uveitis / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Nepal; SHAPU; Uveitis; blindness; scleritis