Purpose: To report the epidemiology of uveitis in two urban centers in South India.
Methods: Case records seen between January 2014 and December 2014 at two tertiary eye centers in South India were retrospectively reviewed.
Results: A total of 1123 patients in the study population had uveitis. Anterior uveitis was seen in 48.9%, posterior in 20.5%, intermediate in 17.3%, and panuveitis in 13.3%. Of these cases, 68.4% were acute uveitis. Pediatric uveitis constituted 6.9% patients. Tuberculosis was the commonest infectious etiology.
Conclusions: Idiopathic uveitis was highest in non-infectious and tuberculosis in infectious etiology. Toxoplasmosis was seen in the pediatric age group.
Keywords: Uveitis epidemiology; infectious uveitis; tubercular uveitis; urban South India; uveitis clinical features.