: We investigated the changes in etiology of uveitis at the Uveitis Clinic of Tokyo Medical University Hospital in recent years.: Medical records of patients with uveitis diagnosed between 2011 and 2017 (Group A) and between 2001 and 2007 (Group B) were reviewed.: 1,587 patients in group A and 1,507 patients in group B were analyzed. For noninfectious uveitis, frequencies of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, intraocular lymphoma (IOL) and iridocyclitis in young girls increased, while those of sarcoidosis and Behçet's disease decreased in the recent era. For infectious uveitis, herpetic iridocyclitis, ocular toxoplasmosis, ocular syphilis, and bacterial endophthalmitis increased, while acute retinal necrosis and ocular toxocariasis decreased. Unclassified uveitis decreased, whereas infectious uveitis and IOL increased due to the availability of new diagnostic tests.: Etiologies of uveitis have changed over the years. Further development of novel tests and diagnostic criteria would increase definitive diagnosis for unclassified uveitis. (147/150 words).
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Eye (Lond)
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Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, F-75006 Paris, France.
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Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
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Ocul Immunol Inflamm
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Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) is a bilateral, chronic posterior uveitis with characteristic clinical and imaging findings. Multimodal imaging including optical coherence tomography, fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography is useful in diagnosis, as well as monitoring disease activity. Cystoid macular edema, choroidal thickening and infiltration, ellipsoid loss, and vasculitis are important imaging markers for disease activity.
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Magrabi Hospitals and Centers, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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