Clinical Patterns and Characteristics of Uveitis in a Tertiary Center for Uveitis in China

TLDR: Idiopathic anterior uveitis, Behçet disease, and VKH syndrome are the most common entities of uve arthritis in China and ocular toxoplasmosis, ocular histoplasmotic, and birdshot retinochoroidopathy are less common or absent in China

Abstract: Purpose: To address the clinical pattern and characteristics of uveitis in a tertiary center for uveitis in China and compare the similarity and difference in the distribution of uveitis entities between China and other countries Methods: A retrospective study was performed on the patients with uveitis referred to the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center from January 1996 to December 2003 The clinical data including category, etiology, gender, and the age of the patients at uveitis presentation were analyzed and compared with studies published previously from other countries Results: There were 902 male and 850 female patients in our series The mean age of these patients at uveitis presentation was 338 ± 165 years Anterior uveitis (800, 456%) was the most common anatomical entity, followed by panuveitis (727, 415%), posterior uveitis (119, 68%), and intermediate uveitis (106, 61%) Further classification with the etiology criteria revealed 16 entities in anterior uveitis, with idiopathic anterior uveiti