[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.

[Effects and safety of infliximab administration in refractory uveoretinitis with Behçet's disease].

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of infliximab administration in refractory uveoretinitis in Behçet's disease (BD).

Methods: The subjects were 22 consecutive BD patients with refractory uveoretinitis treated with infliximab. Three patients dropped out from the therapy.

Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae in patients with uveitis and healthy individuals in Tokyo.

Purpose: To compare the seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae, a pathogen of cat scratch disease, in patients with uveitis and in healthy individuals.

Methods: Serum samples were collected from 197 consecutive patients with various entities of uveitis at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, and from 83 healthy age- and sex-matched volunteers. Anti-Bartonella IgG and IgM antibodies were examined by indirect immunofluorescent antibody.

[Disc neovascularization in a patient with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and efficacy of steroid pulse therapy].

Purpose: To report a patient with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease who developed neovascularization at the optic disc.

Case: A 19-year-old woman visited our hospital two months after becoming aware of fever, headache, tinnitus, hearing disturbance, and floaters in the right eye. Ophthalmic examination disclosed granulomatous inflammation in the anterior segment, sunset glow fundus and neovascularization at the optic disc.

[A case of intraocular malignant lymphoma diagnosed by immunoglobulin gene rearrangement and translocation, and IL-10/IL-6 ratio in the vitreous fluid].

Background: The diagnosis of primary intraocular lymphoma is difficult in many cases even with conventional cytological tests using vitreous samples. Recently new diagnostic tests, such as microdissection and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and measurement of cytokines using intraocular samples, have been applied to the diagnosis of the disease. We report here a case where we used the new diagnostic tests and the results aided us to make a diagnosis of intraocular lymphoma.