Clinical features of uveitis in elderly patients in central Tokyo (2013–2018)

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Abstract

Purpose

To clarify the clinical features of uveitis in elderly patients in central Tokyo.

Methods

We retrospectively identified 1424 patients with uveitis who visited the Uveitis Clinic of the University of Tokyo Hospital between January 2013 and December 2018. The patients were categorized into two groups based on their ages at the time of disease onset: patients aged 65 years or older were included in Group A, whereas those younger than 65 years were included in Group B. The etiological classification of uveitis and its causes were investigated for each group.

Results

Group A presented significantly higher rates of infectious uveitis (35.5% vs. 17.8%, p < 0.0001) and masquerade syndromes (17.9% vs. 5.0%, p < 0.0001) than Group B. Furthermore, Group A had significantly higher rates of sarcoidosis (23.1% vs. 9.3%, p < 0.0001), intraocular lymphoma (16.6% vs. 4.6%, p < 0.0001), cytomegalovirus iritis (11.0% vs. 5.6%, p = 0.0043), and cytomegalovirus retinitis (5.2% vs. 1.5%, p = 0.0020) than Group B.

Conclusion

Our results demonstrate a clear difference in the causative diseases of uveitis between elderly and non-elderly patients. These findings may support ophthalmologists in their diagnostic process for elderly patients with uveitis.

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This study was supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology (2019).

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Shintaro Shirahama, Hirotsugu Soga, Rie Tanaka, Hisako Fukunaga, Hidetomo Izawa, Keiko Komae, Hisae Nakahara & Makoto Aihara

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-City, Tochigi, Japan

    Hidetoshi Kawashima

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, 1-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan

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S.S., H.S., R.T., and T.K. designed the research strategies, collected the data, and wrote the manuscript. H.F., H.I., K.K., and H.N. collected the data and wrote the manuscript. H.K. and M.A wrote and revised the manuscript.

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Shirahama, S., Soga, H., Tanaka, R. et al. Clinical features of uveitis in elderly patients in central Tokyo (2013–2018). Int Ophthalmol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-021-01721-4

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Keywords

  • Infectious uveitis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Intraocular lymphoma
  • Tokyo
  • Elderly patients