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Clinical and etiologic characteristics of de novo uveitis in patients aged 60 years and above: experience of a French tertiary center

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Abstract

Purpose

To describe the characteristics of de novo uveitis in patients ≥ 60 years old.

Methods

Retrospective review of patients with uveitis followed in our tertiary center over a 14-year period. Patients aged 60–70 years and patients aged > 70 years were compared.

Results

A total of 283/1044 (27.1%) patients with uveitis were ≥ 60 years of age. Idiopathic uveitis (36.1%) and sarcoidosis (31.5%) were the most frequent etiologies. Sarcoidosis was significantly more frequent (31.5% vs. 13.7%, p < 0.0001) after the age of 60 years. Intraocular lymphoma (5.0% vs. 1.1%) and herpes virus infection (5.0% vs. 0.9%) were also more common in this age group, unlike HLA B27-related uveitis and spondyloarthritis (4.6% vs. 14.9%). Pure ophthalmologic entities: birdshot retinochoroidopathy (2.8%) or Fuchs uveitis (0.4%), were rare in patients ≥ 60 years of age and Posner Scholssman, Pars planitis, White dots syndrome, Behçet’s disease, and Multiple Sclerosis were never reported. In patients > 70 years old, idiopathic uveitis (41.1% vs. 31.7%) and presumed sarcoidosis (56.5% vs. 25.6%) were more frequent than in the 60–70-year age group.

Conclusion

In our center, sarcoidosis is the leading cause of non-idiopathic uveitis in older patients. Idiopathic uveitis and other entities account for less than two-thirds of cases. Ophthalmologic entities are rare after 60 years of age. We also report for the first time the characteristics of uveitis after 70 years of age.

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  1. Servicede Médecine Interne, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospic es Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69318, Lyon Cedex 04, France

    P. Grumet, M. Gerfaud-Valentin, A. De Parisot, Y. Jamilloux & P. Sève

  2. Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    S. Kerever

  3. Service de Gériatrie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, Lyon, France

    T. Gilbert

  4. Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, Lyon, France

    L. Kodjikian

  5. Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle IMER, F-69003, Lyon, France

    P. Sève

  6. Univ. Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, HESPER EA 7425, F-69008, Lyon, France

    P. Sève

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L. Kodjikian has received speaker honorarium from ABBVIE, ALLERGAN, BAYER, NOVARTIS, ROCHE, and THEA.

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P. Sève has received speaker honorarium from ABBVIE, AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, GSK, NOVARTIS, SOBI, and ROCHE; he is a member of committee PEPITE (NOVARTIS).

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Grumet, P., Kerever, S., Gilbert, T. et al. Clinical and etiologic characteristics of de novo uveitis in patients aged 60 years and above: experience of a French tertiary center. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 257, 1971–1979 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04411-1

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