Abstract

AIM To report pattern of uveitis in secondary eye care centre in Panipat. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 65,126 new patients who attended the Ophthalmology OPD of a secondary eye care hospital in Panipat from April 2015 – October 2023. The data of all the subjects is taken from electronic medical records analyzed. RESULTS We found that the minimum age was 8 years the maximum was 95 years and the mean age was 42.28 years. It is seen that out of 65,126 cases, 377 were found to have uveitis. The prevalence of uveitis in our institute is found to be 0.58%. The majority of patients were of anterior uveitis (41.8%) and the minimum belonged to intermediate uveitis (10.2%). It is also seen that the maximum cases were unilateral and a tailored laboratory investigations were done in all the cases. The most common cause is found to be idiopathic. CONCLUSION Anterior uveitis is the most common entity in our hospital and the most common etiology found to be idiopathic.