摘要
AIM:Todescribetheclinicalfeatures,systemicassociations,treatmentandvisualoutcomesinSaudipatientswithscleritis.·METHODS:AretrospectivechartreviewwasperformedforpatientswithscleritispresentingtotwotertiarycareeyehospitalsinRiyadh,SaudiArabia,from2001to2011.Datawerecollectedontheclinicalfeaturesofscleritis,subtypesofscleritis,associatedsystemicdisease,historyofpreviousocularsurgeryandmedicaltherapy,includingtheuseofimmunosuppressants.Treatmentoutcomeswereevaluatedbasedonbest-correctedvisualacuity(BCVA)andresponsetotreatment.·RESULTS:Ofthe52patientsincludedinthestudy,non-necrotizinganteriorscleritiswasthemostcommontypeofscleritisin22patients(42.3%),followedbyposteriorscleritisin14patients(26.9%).Themajorityofcases,31patients(59.6%),wereidiopathicinnature.Systemicassociationswerepresentin12patients(23.1%).Infectiousscleritiswasconfirmedin6patients(11.5%):3withbacterialscleritisafterpterygiumexcision,2patientswithscleritisrelatedtotuberculosisand1patientwithscleritisresultingfromherpessimplexinfection.Forthevarioussubtypesofscleritis,BCVAvaluesaftertreatmentandtimetoremissionsignificantlydiffered(P<0.05,allcases).Systemicimmunosuppressivetherapiesinadditiontosteroidswereadministeredto46.2%ofallpatients.TheT-signwaspresentonB-scanultrasonographyin9(64.3%)ofthe14posteriorscleritispatients.·CONCLUSION:Non-necrotizinganteriorscleritiswasthemostcommonsubtypeofscleritis.Finalvisualoutcomeandtimetoremissiondifferedamongthevariousscleritissubtypes.
出版日期
2015年06月16日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
