Summary of diagnosis and treatment regimens in a cohort of patients with endogenous posterior uveitis at the ocular inflammatory clinics in Aberdeen. A diagnosis of idiopathic consists of patients with undefined posterior uveitis and panuveitis, which includes diagnosis such as presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome and others where posterior segment features continually change or cannot be specified to other diagnostic descriptions (for example, overlap syndromes)
| Mean age (years)(SD) | Mean (SD) maintenance dose | Mean (SD) duration of uveitic therapy (months) | Diagnosis | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | ||||||||||
| Prednisolone only | 48 (17.4) | 8.1 (3.1) | 17.3 (12.0) | RV=5 | ||||||||
| MFC=4 | ||||||||||||
| PP=8 | ||||||||||||
| IU=4 | ||||||||||||
| Sarc=2 | ||||||||||||
| Idio=13 | ||||||||||||
| Prednisolone and cyclosporin A | 44.6 (13.6) | 7.1 (3.8) | 3.75 (1.0) | 20.4 (13.7) | RV=9 | |||||||
| MFC=2 | ||||||||||||
| PP=5 | ||||||||||||
| IU=2 | ||||||||||||
| Idio=11 | ||||||||||||
| Prednisolone, cyclosporin A, and azathioprine | 46.2 (19.9) | 9 (5.3) | 3.9 (1.0) | 2.1 (0.7) | 9.5 (13.4) | RV=6 | ||||||
| Idio=6 | ||||||||||||
Maintenance doses: (A) = prednisolone (mg/day), (B) = cyclosporin A (mg/kg/day), (C) = azathioprine (mg/kg/day)
Uveitic diagnoses include: RV = retinal vasculitis; MFC = multifocal choroiditis; PP = pars planitis; IU = intermediate uveitis; Sarc = sarcoidosis; Idio = idiopathic.