[Clinical Survey of Uveitis in Tokyo Medical and Dental University--Comparison between the Periods of 1998-2001 and 2007-2011].

PURPOSE: To investigate a clinical survey of uveitis in Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital.

SUBJECTS AND

METHODS

The clinical records of patients with uveitis who were treated from October 1998 to December 2001 and from January 2007 to December 2011 were reviewed. The clinical results of both periods were compared.

RESULTS

A total number of 455 patients (707 eyes) and 1091 patients (1716 eyes) were analyzed in this survey. The mean age of the first period was 45.4, and of the second 50.3 years old. The incidences of sarcoidosis (11.0%, 13.7%) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (5.7%, 5.9%) were virtually unchanged in the two series. However, the incidence of Behçet's disease was higher in the first period (10.6%) than in the second (5.8%). The frequency of herpetic iritis (1.8%, 4.7%) and intraocular lymphoma (0.4%, 2.6%)showed apparent increase. Unclassified uveitis decreased from 55.6% to 47.5%.

CONCLUSIONS

The etiologies of uveitis have changed with the progress of diagnostic techniques and the establishment of new disease concepts.