Table 1 Etiology of uveitis by gender and laterality
From: Patterns of childhood-onset uveitis in a referral center in Turkey
Diagnosis | Female | Male | Unilateral | Bilateral | No. of patients (%) | No. of eyes (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pars planitis | 8 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 29 (23.9) | 54 (30.2) |
Idiopathic uveitis | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 20 (16.5) | 28 (15.6) |
Behcet’s disease | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 20 (16.5) | 32 (17.8) |
Toxoplasmosis | 10 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 16 (13.2) | 17 (9.5) |
JIA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 (6.6) | 12 (6.7) |
Herpetic uveitis | 1 | 4 | 5 | – | 5 (4.1) | 5 (2.8) |
Ankylosing spondilitis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 (4.1) | 8 (4.5) |
Toxocara | 4 | 4 | – | 4 (3.3) | 4 (2.2) | |
Fuchs’ uveitis | 3 | 3 | – | 3 (2.5) | 3 (1.7) | |
Traumatic iritis | 3 | 3 | – | 3 (2.5) | 3 (1.7) | |
FMF | 2 | – | 2 | 2 (1.6) | 4 (2.2) | |
Multifocal choroiditis | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 (1.6) | 2 (1.1) |
Sarcoidosis | 1 | – | 1 | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.1) | |
Brucella | 1 | 1 | – | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.5) | |
VKH | 1 | – | 1 | 1(0.8) | 2 (1.1) | |
Diabetic iritis | 1 | – | 1 | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.1) | |
Total | 45 | 76 | 63 | 58 | 121 (100) | 179 (100) |