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[Etiologies of intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis: a review of 201 cases].

Authors :
Levecq L
Disneur D
Dutrieux C
Snyers B
Source :
Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie [Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol] 1999; Vol. 273, pp. 9-14.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of 201 patients with intermediate, posterior or panuveitis to determine the most frequent etiologies and collect some epidemiological data. A specific diagnosis was made in 70% of the cases: 35% were of infectious origin, 23% were associated with a systemic disease and 24% had a specific ocular condition. The most common entities included toxoplasmosis (24%), sarcoidosis (7.5%) and Behçet disease (5.5%). Birdshot retinochoroidopathy was the most frequent specific ocular disease (3.5%). The findings of this study are compared with those previously published in the literature.

Details

Language :
French
ISSN :
0081-0746
Volume :
273
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
10546377