Table 2.
Causes of uveitis in patients with definite diagnoses
| Number (%) | |
|---|---|
| Infectious diseases | |
| Herpetic uveitis | 15 (13.6) |
| Toxoplasmosis | 56 (50.9) |
| Toxocariasis | 6 (5.6) |
| Tuberculosis | 2 (1.8) |
| Acute retinal necrosis | 11 (10) |
| Cytomegalovirus retinitis | 5 (4.5) |
| HIV-Associated uveitis | 2 (1.8) |
| Fungal retinitis | 1 (0.9) |
| Herpes zoster uveitis | 1 (0.9) |
| Endogenous endophthalmitis | 11 (10) |
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| Total | 110 (23.1% of total cases) |
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| Collagen vascular diseases | |
| Behcet’s disease | 59 (57.2) |
| Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 15 (14.5) |
| Seronegative spondylarthropathies | |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 4 (3.9) |
| Nonspecific arthropathy (HLA-B27+) | 10 (9.9) |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | |
| Ulcerative colitis | 1 (0.9) |
| Sarcoidosis (confirmed/presumed) | 6 [4/2] (5.9) |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 (0.9) |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 5 (4.9) |
| Masquerade Syndromes | |
| Leukemia (ALL-L2) | 2 (1.9) |
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| Total | 103 (21.6 of total cases) |
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| Ocular diseases (Non-infectious) | |
| Fuchs’ heterochromic iridocyclitis | 34 (41.4) |
| VKH disease | 25 (30.4) |
| Multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis | 3 (3.6) |
| Serpiginous choroiditis | 5 (6.3) |
| APMPPE | 3 (3.6) |
| Sympathetic ophthalmia | 3 (3.6) |
| Posner–Schlossman syndrome | 3 (3.6) |
| MEWDS | 1 (1.3) |
| Punctate inner choroidopathy | 1 (1.3) |
| Birdshot retinochoroidopathy | 1 (1.3) |
| Eales disease | 3 (3.6) |
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| Total | 82 (17.2% of total cases) |
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HLA, human leukocte antigen; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; VKH, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada; APMPPE, acute placoid multifocal posterior pigment epitheliopathy; MEWDS, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome