Clinical Analysis of Uveitis in Korea.
- Author:
Dong Gyu CHOI
1
;
Hum CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
classification;
etiology;
incidence;
uveitis
- MeSH:
Classification;
Humans;
Incidence;
Inflammation;
Korea*;
Panuveitis;
Pars Planitis;
Prognosis;
Retinal Vasculitis;
Retrospective Studies;
Seoul;
Uvea;
Uveitis*;
Uveitis, Anterior;
Uveitis, Posterior
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1989;30(4):543-562
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Uveitis is a comprehensive term that indicates the inflammation of not only the uvea but also its adjacent tissues, and its etiology, clinical feature and prognosis are various. Uveitis can be classified in a variety of ways and this fact makes it difficult to compare each result. So we classified uveitis by the location with the method of Henderly, D.E.(1986): ant-, post-, intermediate- and panuveitis. We determined the frequency of occurrence, etiology and clinical characteristics of various forms of uveitis in Korea. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 683 patIents with uveitis seen at Seoul National University Hospital from January 1978 to December 1987 and the results were as follows. 1. 192 cases(29.1%) occurred as anterior uveitis, 218 cases(31.9%) as posterior uveitis, 166 cases(24.3%) as panuveitis and 107 cases(15.7%) as pars planitis: Posterior uveitis was the most common form of uveitis. 2. In cases of anterior uveitis, 142 cases(70.4%) were idiopathic, traumatic uveitis was seen in 18 cases(9.4%). In posterior uveatis, III cases(50.9%) were idiopathic, retinal vasculitis including Eales' disease in 60 cases(27.5%) and toxo-plasmosis in 23 cases(10.6%). In cases of panuveitis, idiopathic form occurred in 80 cases(48.2%), Behcet's disease in 41 cases(24.7%): Idiopathic form was the most common entity in all locations of uveitis.
