Clinical Patterns and Causes of Intraocular Inflammation in a Uveitis Patient Cohort from Egypt

Abstract

In this uveitis patient population from Egypt, panuveitis was the most commonly encountered anatomic diagnosis. Behçet disease was the most common identified cause of uveitis followed by VKH disease. Herpes-related uveitides and parasitic granulomas represented the most evident causes of infectious uveitis.

Trematode granuloma in children

“…Similar cluster was reported from different geographical locations along the basin of river Nile by R.M. Amin et al from Egypt with granulomatous anterior uveitis after swimming in the river [8][9] . Here again the etiological agent was proven by molecular diagnostics to be trematode.…”

Trematodal granulomatous uveitis in paediatric Egyptian patients: a case series

“…In a recent epidemiological study, a preponderance of cases of paediatric parasitic AC granulomas from Egypt was reported (34.8% of paediatric uveitis cases in the study population) 19. The present work was conducted to provide characterisation of this unique pathology in Egypt and to further describe the clinical patterns of those waterborne infections that affect the human eye.…”

Treatment of presumed trematode-induced granulomatous anterior uveitis among children in rural areas of Egypt

“…Presumed trematode-induced uveitis is a newly recognized cause of intraocular granulomatous inflammation in children usually presenting with single or multiple pearl-like white nodules in the anterior chamber (AC) with or without subconjunctival lesions or corneal opacities [1][2][3][4]. Intermediate uveitis with snowbanking and posterior uveitis can also be found [5].…”