Neurological concomitants of uveitis
- Correspondence to: Justine R Smith Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239–4197, USA; smithjusohsu.edu
- Accepted 25 May 2004
Abstract
Aim: To describe the prevalence and types of neurological disease that occur in association with uveitis.
Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of patients attending a tertiary referral uveitis service over a 15 year period.
Results: Of 1450 patients with uveitis, 115 (7.9%) had neurological disease that was considered to be causally related to the eye inflammation. The most frequent neurological associations were Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, primary central nervous system lymphoma, multiple sclerosis, and herpes virus infections.
Conclusions: Neurological disease is common among patients attending a uveitis service. The distinctive characteristics of the uveal inflammation may be useful in diagnosing the neurological disease.
- CNS, central nervous system
- CSF, cerebrospinal fluid
- MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
- TNF, tumour necrosis factor
- VKH, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- uveitis
- neurological disease
- prevalence
- CNS, central nervous system
- CSF, cerebrospinal fluid
- MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
- TNF, tumour necrosis factor
- VKH, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada
- uveitis
- neurological disease
- prevalence
Footnotes
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This work was supported by grants from Research to Prevent Blindness (Career Development Award to JRS and Senior Scholar Award to JTR) and the Rosenfeld Family Trust.
