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Purpose: To study the long-term clinical outcomes of uveitic glaucoma and to identify risk factors for progression.Methods: Retrospective study of uveitic glaucoma patients in two tertiary medical centers in 2003-2015. Patient- and disease-related data was retrieved. Clinical parameters and visual fields measured at predetermined time points were recorded. Outcome measures included maintaining intraocular pressure ≤21 mmHg and preserving visual fields.Results: Included were 34 patients (53 eyes), with a mean follow-up of 7 years. Idiopathic anterior uveitis and open-angle glaucoma were most common. In total, 62% of eyes were steroid responders. Higher IOP was associated with posterior synechiae, peripheral-anterior synechiae, steroidal, and immunomodulatory therapy (p<0.05). Glaucomatous field defects developed in 49%, with most showing no progression, despite elevation of cup-to-disc ratio (p<0.05).Conclusions: Chronic severe uveitis, expressed by structural complications and immunomodulatory therapy, was associated with high IOP and the need for more IOP lowering medications, but was unrelated to glaucomatous damage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Endophthalmitis after a penetrating trauma occurs in 3% to 30% of cases. Prompt recognition and treatment are paramount to avoid irreversible visual loss. We present a case of severe panuveitis following ocular trauma with a tree branch that did not cause any evident ocular wound and discuss the difficulties in achieving a diagnosis that can allow proper treatment. A healthy 21-year-old man presented with acute anterior uveitis. He was managed elsewhere with oral acyclovir and topical steroids for presumed herpetic uveitis. He subsequently developed severe panuveitis with profound decrease in vision. Diagnostic vitrectomy was performed and vitreous samples were positive for Staphylococcus epidermidis. Systemic and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and after 5 days, the patient recovered with a remarkable improvement in visual acuity to 6/12. Post-traumatic endophthalmitis can result from an imperceptible trauma with no obvious compromise of the globe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]