| Presentation preference | Poster presentation |
| Title | Report of Sankara Nethralaya Tubercular Uveitis (SANTU ) study |
| Purpose | To identify the clinical characteristics and visual outcome in patients with tubercular uveitis presenting to a tertiary eye care centre in south India. |
| Methods | A prospective study was carried out in a uveitis clinic of a tertiary care centre in South India from May 2018 to March 2019. Patients with predictive ocular signs and positive laboratory investigations for tuberculosis were enrolled in the study. Patients suspected to have a non tubercular etiology were excluded. All patients were started on antitubercular therapy for a period of nine months after complete systemic evaluation by a chest physician |
| Results | Eighty five patients (128 eyes) were included in the study. Male predominance (57 patients, 67%) was noted with mean age of 37 ± 13 years. Posterior uveitis (66 eyes,52%) was the commonest presentation followed by intermediate uveitis (42 eyes,33%), panuveitis (13eyes,10%) and anterior uveitis (7 eyes, 5%) . Among posterior uveitis, serpiginous like choroiditis followed by retinal vasculitis was the commonest presentation. Most common anterior segment sign predictive of tuberculosis was mutton fat keratic precipitate followed by broad based posterior synechiae. |
| Conclusion | Serpignous like choroiditis was the commonest presentation of tubercular uveitis noted in our patients. A nine month course of anti-tubercular therapy is found to be beneficial for patients with tubercular uveitis. |
| Conflict of interest | No |
| Last name | BISWAS |
| Initials of first name(s) | J |
| Department | Uveitis |
| City | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Last name | Nandhini |
| Initials of first name(s) | E |
| Department | Uveitis |
| City | Chennai |
| Country | India |
| Last name | Neethu |
| Initials of first name(s) | L |
| Department | Uveitis |
| City | Chennai |
| Country | India |