Abstract

Volume.119 Number.5

Original article : Clinical science

Incidence of Endogenous Intraocular Inflammation Patients who Visited Nippon Medical School Hospital during the 8 Years from 2004 to 2012
Motoko Serizawa, Tomoyuki Kunishige, Yukiko Ito, Reiko Tsukada, Junko Hori
Department of Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School

Purpose: To report the clinical statistical analysis of patients with endogenous intraocular inflammation who visited Nippon Medical School Hospital during the 8 years from 2004 to 2012.
Subjects and methods: This retrospective study involved 759 new patients with endogenous intraocular inflammation who visited Nippon Medical School Hospital during the 8 years from April 2004 to April 2012.
Results: The subjects comprised 357 men and 402 women. The ratio of men to women was 1:1.1. The age averaged 50.8±16.6 years. Definitive diagnosis was made in 464 cases (61.1%). The most frequent clinical entity was sarcoidosis, followed by scleritis, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, herpetic iridocyclitis without acute retinal necrosis, acute anterior uveitis associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 and Behçet's disease. Anterior uveitis was the most frequent compared with intermediate, posterior, and pan-uveitis. The incidence of secondary glaucoma was 28.6%, and steroid responder was 28.6%.
Conclusion: Sarcoidosis, scleritis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease were frequent intraocular inflammations in ophthalmologic patients at Nippon Medical School Hospital.
Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Ophthalmol Soc) 119: 347-353, 2015.

Key words
Uveitis, Endogenous intraocular inflammation, Scleritis, Statistical analysis, Secondary glaucoma
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Motoko Serizawa, M.D. Department of Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School. 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan