Pattern of XXXX Seen at a Tertiary Referral Center from India.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity5863 @entity231 @entity1596 @entity23351 @entity4457
AIM: To analyze the profile, etiology, complications, medical and surgical management, and visual outcome among pediatric @entity1596 @entity1 seen at a referral @entity1596 clinic in India. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study, tertiary hospital setting. METHODS: Records between January 2007 and April 2010 were reviewed for @entity1 with @entity1596 who were 0-18 years of age. @entity1596 diagnosis was based on SUN criteria; complications, medical and surgical management, and visual outcome were evaluated. RESULTS: Among 190 @entity1 with @entity1596 , 64.2% were @entity1 and 112 had unilateral disease. The median age at presentation was 11 years. Ninety-nine (52%) had anterior, 49 (26%) intermediate, 27 (14%) posterior, and 15 (7.9%) @entity5863 . @entity1596 was present in 44 @entity1 , of which 21 cases (48%) were @entity23351 . Parasitic, @entity1596 was encountered. A total of 174 @entity1 were followed over 315.5 @entity1 -years (median   =   1.35 years). Seventy-seven (40.5%) @entity1 had complications related to @entity1596 . Forty-six out of 77 complications noted were complicated @entity231 . Surgical procedures were done in 46.9% (15%/100 @entity1 -years). The visual acuity improved by two Snellen lines in the uveitic eyes, following therapy in 120 @entity1 , was stable in 40 @entity1 , and worsened in 14 @entity1 . Follow-up visual acuity was missing for 16 @entity1 . CONCLUSION: A large proportion of pediatric @entity1596 cases experienced complications of @entity1596 , mostly prior to presentation for subspecialty management. These often required surgical management, most commonly to clear the @entity227 of @entity231 for @entity227 and to prevent @entity4457 . In most cases, tertiary management was associated with visual improvement. The results suggest that subspecialty management can result in improvement of the clinical course of pediatric @entity1596 .
