Pattern of Uveitis in a Secondary Eye Care Center at Panipat, Haryana

Kritika,1 Kanav Gupta,1 Isha Gupta,2 Jyotirmay Biswas,3 Brij K Gupta1 1Department of Ophthalmology, N.C. Medical College and Hospital, Panipat, Haryana, India; 2Department of Pathology, N.C. Medical College and Hospital, Panipat, Haryana, India; 3Department of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCorrespondence: Jyotirmay Biswas, Department of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Email [email protected]: Uveitis pattern varies according to regional, demographic, and racial factors. Therefore, an epidemiological study of the distribution of uveitis in various regions in India is likely to provide valuable information. There is no study available on the pattern of uveitis from Haryana.Aim: To report the pattern of uveitis in a secondary eye care center in Panipat, Haryana.Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 65,126 new patients who attended the Ophthalmology outpatient department of a secondary eye care hospital in Panipat from April 2015 to October 2023. The data of all the subjects is taken from electronic medical records analyzed.Results: Minimum age of the patients was 8 years, the maximum was 95 years and the mean age was 42.28 years. Out of 65,126 cases, 377 were found to have uveitis. The cumulative incidence proportion of uveitis among new patients attending our institute during the study period was 0.58%. The majority of patients were of anterior uveitis 158 (41.8%) and the minimum belonged to intermediate uveitis 39 (10.3%). It was also seen that the maximum cases were unilateral. Tailored laboratory investigations were done in all the cases. The most common cause was found to be idiopathic.Conclusion: Anterior uveitis is the most common entity in secondary care and the most common etiology found to be idiopathic.Keywords: uveitis, pattern of uveitis, secondary eye care center, Haryana