purpose: to evaluate the role of active uveitis on refractive errors changes. methods: a cohort single group study was conducted on patients with acute or recurrent uveitis. cyclorefraction was performed in both phases of active and quiescent. sphere, cylinder and sphere equivalent power were compared in active and quiescent phases and analyzed statistically. results: sixty-six patients (eighty...

A 35-year-old woman presented with 2 months of chronic headache. Her history was remarkable for bilateral uveitis. There was no nuchal rigidity or neurologic deficit. CSF revealed a lymphocytic pleocytosis, elevated protein, and hypoglycorrhachia (23 mg/dL). Culture for acid-fast bacilli was negative. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. There was an increased CD4/CD8 ratio in ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The clinical course for childhood chronic anterior uveitis can vary from mild, self limiting disease to bilateral blindness. The purpose of this study was to identify those risk factors at onset that predict disease severity. METHODS A retrospective case note review of all patients with painless anterior uveitis diagnosed from 1982 to 1998. Patients were divided into two cohor...

Birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) is a relatively rare form of uveitis, which is strongly correlated with the histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A29 class I type. Nevertheless, HLA typing is not diagnostic. The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the ocular manifestations associated with the presence of HLA-A29 other than typical BSCR. Charts of consecutive pati...

PURPOSE To present a series of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in 24 eyes. METHODS Retrospective non-comparative observational case series. Medical records were retrieved and individuals evaluated based on symptoms, risk factors, visual acuity, slit lamp biomicroscopy and pathological examination of cornea epithelial scrapings. Demographic features, clinical course, predisposing factors, ...

PlXDOSO: TO assess the possible role Of experimental uveitogenic antigens (S-Ag, IRPB and recoverin) in human uveitis. Methods : Patients suffering from non-infectious bilateral UVeitiS and from the Ocular type of Behcet's disease were included in this study. Patients’ lymphocytes were tested for their possible in vitro anamnestic immune ~~SpClllS~ (specific blast transformation) to S-Ag, IRBP ...

PlXDOSO: TO assess the possible role Of experimental uveitogenic antigens (S-Ag, IRPB and recoverin) in human uveitis. Methods : Patients suffering from non-infectious bilateral UVeitiS and from the Ocular type of Behcet's disease were included in this study. Patients’ lymphocytes were tested for their possible in vitro anamnestic immune ~~SpClllS~ (specific blast transformation) to S-Ag, IRBP ...

A 34-year-old female with Usher syndrome, but no family history of similar illness, presented with complaints of vision reduction, redness, and photophobia. Biomicroscopic examination showed mildly injected conjunctivae bilateral, small, round keratic precipitates; bilateral +2 cells with no flare reaction in the anterior chamber; and bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts. No associated pos...

AIMS To study the relative occurrence of uveitis (intraocular inflammation) and its causes in children and adolescents. METHODS Patients with uveitis examined and followed during a period of 10 years were categorised by age and sex. All underwent ocular examination and an individually tailored battery of laboratory tests. The intraocular manifestations were classified according to the anatomi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether relationships exist between elevated laser flare photometry values and common abnormalities and complications associated with uveitis. METHODS We retrospectively studied all patients with uveitis on whom laser flare photometry measurements ("flare") were obtained (N = 111) at 2 academic medical centers. The first laser flare photometry values obtained for each p...