Pediatric Uveitis in a Referral Center in North Part of Turkey.

Purpose: To analyze the demographic characteristics, clinical features, ocular complications, and visual outcome of pediatric patients with uveitis.

Methods

Retrospective evaluation of medical records.

Results

The study included 156 eyes of 93 patients. Fifty-three patients were female and 40 were male. Mean age at onset of the uveitis was 9.54 ± 4.29 years. The mean follow-up period was 29.88 ± 28.97 months. Anterior uveitis (49.5%) was the most common anatomic type followed by panuveitis (21.5%), intermediate uveitis (18.3%), and posterior uveitis (10.7%). Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) was the most common leading systemic disease (18.3%) followed by Behçet disease (11.8%). It was detected at least one complication in 53 (34.0%) eyes at presentation. Mean LogMAR visual acuity was found <0.3 in 136 (87.2%) eyes at final examination.

Conclusion

The most common localization was the anterior segment and the most common etiologic relationship was JIA. Visual outcome could be satisfactory with early and appropriate treatment.