Frequency of Uveitis in the Central Tokyo Area (2010-2012).

<bold>Purpose: </bold>To investigate the frequency of conditions of newly arrived patients with uveitis from 2010 to 2012 and compare this frequency with that since 2004.<bold>Methods: </bold>We retrospectively analyzed clinical records of patients who visited the outpatient clinic from January 2010 to December 2012, and compared them with those from 2004-2009.<bold>Results: </bold>From 2010 to 2012, 695 new patients with uveitis visited Tokyo University Hospital, with a definite diagnosis made in 431 (62.0%). The most common diagnosis was scleritis (8.3%), followed by sarcoidosis (8.1%); herpetic iridocyclitis (5.5%); Behçet disease (4.6%); Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (4.0%); acute anterior uveitis (3.7%); Posner-Schlossman syndrome (3.6%); intraocular malignant lymphoma (3.0%); and bacterial endophthalmitis (1.9%). The most frequent unclassified type of uveitis was sarcoidosis-suspected (14.8%).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>When compared with years 2004-2009, the present series showed an increasing trend of intraocular malignant lymphoma, bacterial endophthalmitis, and chronic iridocyclitis, and a notable increase in chronic iridocyclitis in young girls, with decreasing trends of scleritis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]