Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Hypertensive Anterior Uveitis.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this article is to determine characteristics and outcome of hypertensive anterior uveitis and prevalence of the Herpesviridae family. Study: Retrospective cohort study.

METHODS

A total of 64 anterior uveitis participants with increased intraocular pressure and Herpesviridae family polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis results were included.

RESULTS

The prevalence of Herpes family was 53.1% (6.3% for herpes simplex virus, 10.9% for varicella-zoster virus, 34.4% for cytomegalovirus, and 1.6% for Epstein-Barr virus), Posner-Schlossman syndrome 25%, Fuchs uveitis syndrome 7.8%, and idiopathic 14.1%. The recurrence rate was 70.3%. Age in PCR-proven infection group (52.7 ± 15.3) was older than the PCR-negative group (44.4 ± 12.5) (p = 0.021). Glaucoma in PCR-proven infection group (44.1%) was more than in PCR-negative group (16.7%) (p = 0.018). Corneal endothelial cell count in PCR-proven infection group (1879.3 ± 952.3) was lower than in PCR-negative group (2532.9 ± 540.4) (p = 0.004).

CONCLUSION

Viral infection was found in one half of hypertensive anterior uveitis. The complications of PCR-proven infectious case were more severe than PCR-negative case.