Pattern of Uveitis in a Tertiary Hospital in North Jordan and the Impact of Behcet’s Disease
Table 1
Etiology of uveitis in relation to its type.
Uveitis etiology
Total (n = 221)
Anterior (n = 127)
Intermediate (n = 28)
Posterior (n = 13)
Panuveitis (n = 34)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
Idiopathic
101 (45.7)
61 (48)
20 (71.42)
5 (38.46)
12 (35.29)
Autoimmune-mediated
88 (39.8)
50 (39.4)
7 (25)
4 (30.77)
13 (38.23)
Behcet’s disease
41 (18.6)
16 (12.59)
3 (10.71)
3 (23.07)
10 (29.41)
Spondyloarthropathy
29 (13.2)
24 (18.89)
1 (3.57)
1 (7.69)
1 (2.94)
JIA
11 (5)
10 (7.87)
0
0
1 (2.94)
RA
3 (1.4)
2 (1.57)
0
0
0
Sarcoidosis
4 (1.8)
1 (0.78)
1 (3.57)
0
1 (2.94)
SLE
2 (0.9)
0
1 (3.57)
0
0
Sjogren’s disease
1 (0.5)
0
1 (3.57)
0
0
VKH
7 (3.2)
1 (0.78)
0
1 (7.69)
6 (17.65)
Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis
5 (2.3)
4 (3.14)
0
0
0
FMF
1 (0.5)
1 (0.78)
0
0
0
Agammaglobinemia
1 (0.5)
1 (0.78)
0
0
0
TINU
1 (0.5)
0
0
0
0
Posner-Schlossman syndrome
1 (0.5)
1 (0.78)
0
0
0
Infectious uveitis
10 (4.52)
4 (3.14)
0
3 (23.07)
2 (5.88)
Herpetic kerato-uveitis
5 (2.3)
4 (3.14)
0
0
0
Toxoplasmosis
3 (1.4)
0
0
3 (23.07)
0
Tuberculosis
1 (0.5)
0
0
0
1 (2.94)
Infective endocarditis
1 (0.5)
0
0
0
1 (2.94)
Postcataract surgery
4 (1.8)
2 (1.57)
1 (3.57)
0
1 (2.94)
Post-trauma
2 (0.9)
1 (0.78)
0
0
0
Foreign body
1 (0.5)
1 (0.78)
0
0
0
Note: Total patients = 221 and total known chamber = 194. 3 patients had Behcet’s disease and psoriasis. 2 patients had anterior and intermediate +6 patients had anterior and posterior. No data regarding chamber involved were available for 19 patients. FMF: familial mediterranean fever, TINU: of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome, RA: rheumatoid arthritis, SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus, JIA: juvenile inflammatory arthritis, VKH: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada.
