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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Pattern of childhood-onset uveitis in a referral center in Tunisia, North Africa
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, Volume 14, No. 4, Year 2006
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Purpose: To analyze the pattern of childhood uveitis in a referral center in Tunisia, North Africa. Methods: The study included 64 patients with uveitis examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of Monastir (Tunisia) from January 1994 to July 2005. All patients had a comprehensive ocular and systemic history, including an extensive review of medical systems. Complete ophthalmic examination was performed in all cases, including best-corrected Snellen visual acuity, slit-lamp examination, applanation tonometry, and dilated fundus examination with 3-mirror lens. Standard diagnostic criteria were employed for all syndromes or entities of uveitis. Results: The mean age at onset of uveitis was 12.4 years. The male-to-female ratio was 0.68. The process was unilateral in 51.6% of patients. Mean follow-up was 43.2 months. Anterior and intermediate uveitis each represented 31.25% of cases, posterior uveitis 20.3%, and panuveitis 17.2%. Noninfectious uveitis (75%) was the most frequent type of inflammation. Idiopathic uveitis was found in 50% of patients. Infectious uveitis was responsible for 25% of the cases, with toxoplasmosis (14.1%) being the most frequent cause. Twenty percent of the patients had systemic associations; juvenile idiopathic arthritis was found in 6.25%. Ocular complications occurred in 74.7% of affected eyes, of which the most common were posterior synechiae (28.4%), cataract (17.9%), cystoid macular edema (19%), and optic disc edema (32.6%). Fifty-seven affected eyes (60%) had a final visual acuity more than 20/40 and nine (9.5%) had a final visual acuity less than 20/200. Conclusions: In a hospital population in Tunisia, a specific cause of uveitis in children was found in half the patients. Idiopathic intermediate uveitis was the leading cause of uveitis in our study, followed by idiopathic anterior uveitis and toxoplasmosis. Uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis was rare. Visual prognosis appeared to be good. Copyright © Informa Healthcare.
Authors & Co-Authors
Khairallah, Moncef
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Attia, Sonia
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Zaouali, Sonia
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Ben-Yahia, Salim
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Kahloun, Rim
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Messaoud, Riadh
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Zouid, Sonia
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Jenzeri, Salah
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Statistics
Citations: 38
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/09273940600732372
ISSN:
09273948
e-ISSN:
17445078
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Tunisia
Participants Gender
Male
Female