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Purpose: The patterns of uveitis in Tokyo have recently changed due to advances in examination tools. We aimed to investigate the changes in the patterns of uveitis between 2004-2015 and 2016-2018., Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 732 patients who visited the Uveitis Clinic at the University of Tokyo Hospital between January 2016 and December 2018. Background characteristics, laboratory results, and imaging findings were analysed. We compared the incidences of uveitis in 2016-2018 and 2004-2015 to identify changes in the patterns., Results: The most frequent diagnoses were sarcoidosis (8.9%), herpetic iridocyclitis (6.7%), intraocular lymphoma (5.5%), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (4.8%), unclassified acute anterior uveitis (4.6%), Behçet's disease (4.5%), bacterial endophthalmitis (2.9%), and Posner-Schlossman syndrome (2.6%). Suspected sarcoidosis (20.9%) was the most common cause of unclassified uveitis. The incidence of intraocular lymphoma was significantly higher in 2016-2018 than in 2004-2015. Between 2004 and 2018, herpetic iridocyclitis, bacterial endophthalmitis, and juvenile chronic iridocyclitis exhibited an increasing trend, and the incidences of Posner-Schlossman syndrome, unclassified acute anterior uveitis, Behçet's disease, and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease exhibited a decreasing trend., Conclusion: The changing patterns of uveitis were characterised by increases in the incidence of intraocular lymphoma. This may be attributed to recent advances in examination tools, the changes in the referred patient population, and the aging Japanese population.

Purpose: To clarify the clinical features of uveitis in elderly patients in central Tokyo., Methods: We retrospectively identified 1424 patients with uveitis who visited the Uveitis Clinic of the University of Tokyo Hospital between January 2013 and December 2018. The patients were categorized into two groups based on their ages at the time of disease onset: patients aged 65 years or older were included in Group A, whereas those younger than 65 years were included in Group B. The etiological classification of uveitis and its causes were investigated for each group., Results: Group A presented significantly higher rates of infectious uveitis (35.5% vs. 17.8%, p < 0.0001) and masquerade syndromes (17.9% vs. 5.0%, p < 0.0001) than Group B. Furthermore, Group A had significantly higher rates of sarcoidosis (23.1% vs. 9.3%, p < 0.0001), intraocular lymphoma (16.6% vs. 4.6%, p < 0.0001), cytomegalovirus iritis (11.0% vs. 5.6%, p = 0.0043), and cytomegalovirus retinitis (5.2% vs. 1.5%, p = 0.0020) than Group B., Conclusion: Our results demonstrate a clear difference in the causative diseases of uveitis between elderly and non-elderly patients. These findings may support ophthalmologists in their diagnostic process for elderly patients with uveitis.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical features of patients with ocular inflammation associated with relapsing polychondritis in Japan., Methods: Ocular findings, systemic symptoms, and therapies were analysed retrospectively., Results: Nine of 11 patients had scleritis (diffuse scleritis: six patients, posterior scleritis: two patients, episcleritis: one patient) and two patients had anterior uveitis. All cases were bilateral, and ten patients experienced recurrent episodes. Auricular chondritis was the most common systemic symptom. Ten patients were administered systemic steroids, and five patients were administered other immunosuppressive medications for severe systemic symptoms. At their last visit, none of the patients had decreased visual acuity that resulted from relapsing polychondritis-associated ocular inflammation., Conclusions: Ocular inflammation is often bilateral and recurring. Patients with ocular inflammation must be questioned regarding systemic symptoms so that the signs of relapsing polychondritis are not overlooked. Early diagnosis and prompt, appropriate treatment are important because relapsing polychondritis is a potentially lethal disease.

We report a case of bilateral iridocyclitis accompanied by bacterial meningitis in an immunocompetent patient. Case report. A 48 year-old healthy female visited our hospital with strong headache, fever, bilateral hyperemia, and blurred vision in both eyes. A slit-lamp examination revealed moderate cells and flare in the anterior chamber of both eyes, with fine keratoprecipitates. There were no obvious inflammatory changes in the vitreous, retina, and optic disc of both eyes. Elevation of peripheral blood white blood cells, C-reactive protein, and an elevated number of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cells suggested bacterial meningitis. The patient was admitted to our hospital and received intravenous antibiotics. Finally, a CSF culture revealed infection with gram-positive rods, suspected Listeria monocytogenes, confirming bacterial meningitis. For iridocyclitis, we prescribed betamethasone eyedrops and 0.5 % tropicamide eyedrops with intravenous adminstration of systemic antibiotics. 3 days later, her headache and bilateral hyperemia disappeared. This case is better described as sterile reactive uveitis rather than endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis, because bilateral anterior uveitis was resolved without chronic uveitis, iris atrophy, and vitreous opacity. When clinicians see patients with meningitis and bilateral anterior uveitis, sterile reactive uveitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of uveitis.

Purpose: We report a case of Candida albicans endophthalmitis with subretinal abscess formation in a patient who underwent liver transplantation., Methods: Case report., Results: A 51-year-old Japanese woman complained of deep pain and ciliary injection in her right eye. Three months prior, the patient had undergone liver transplantation for cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C. A slit-lamp examination revealed intense anterior chamber inflammation with hypopyon and fundoscopy showed a yellowish-white subretinal mass lesion in the inferior peripheral fundus. Systemic and topical antibiotics did not prevent further progression of the infection. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy treatment three times and a histopathological study of a vitreous specimen revealed C. albicans to be the causative organism., Conclusion: A subretinal abscess, previously reported in Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Aspergillus infection cases, can also occur in patients infected with Candida. Therefore, Candida infection should be considered as a potential cause of subretinal abscess in organ transplant recipients.