Epidemiological, Clinical And Etiological Profile Of Uveitis In Children: Experience Of The Pediatric Ophthalmology Department Of Casablanca
Published 2024 - 42nd Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: PO486 | Type: Free paper | DOI: 10.82333/hfmk-pj34
Authors: Lamia Ajdour* 1 , roukaya chahir 1 , zyad laftimi 1 , ghizlane daghouj 1 , bouchra allali 1 , loubna elmaaloum 1 , asmaa elkettani 1
1pediatric ophtalmology department,20 august hospital,casablanca,Morocco
Purpose
analyze the epidemiological, clinical and etiological profile of uveitis in children
Setting
retrospective study
Methods
Descriptive retrospective study collecting 60 cases of pediatric uveitis from January 2015 to September 2023 in the pediatric ophthalmology department of the August 20 Hospital, Pediatric Rheumatology at Chu Ibn Rochd in Casablanca on 60 cases of pediatric uveitis
Results
Our series is 60cases,90eyes with male predominance of 53%and average age of 8years.
Initial VA was between1/10 and3/10 in the majority and the involvement was bilateral in 65%of cases. Panuveitis was the most common found in44%of cases, anterior uveitis in28%.in the context of uveitis of inflammatory origin 3pathologies stand out JIA in 16.6% of cases, Behcet's disease in 8.3%.The infectious etiologies:tuberculosis(2 cases),toxocariasis(1 case),VIH(1 case)
Corticosteroid therapy was administered in all patients.Locally in(38.3%),orally(75%),bolus in75%and subconjunctivally15.5%.The use of immunosuppressive treatment was noted in40patients:azathioprine in 26 patients and methotrexate in 14.
Surgical treatment was reserved for complications
Conclusions
Uveitis of undetermined origin remains the most common
The most common etiologies: JIA and Behcet's disease
The advent of biotherapies based on anti-TNF alpha has made it possible to improve the visual prognosis of children
Certain etiologies: reserved visual prognosis