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Ectropion/congenital , Ectropion/diagnosis , Eyelids/abnormalities , Blepharoptosis/diagnosis , Blepharoptosis/etiology , Conjunctival Diseases/complications , Conjunctival Diseases/congenital , Conjunctival Diseases/diagnosis , Conjunctival Diseases/therapy , Ectropion/complications , Ectropion/therapy , Edema/complications , Edema/diagnosis , Edema/therapy , Eyelids/pathology , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/diagnosis , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/pathology , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/therapy , MaleABSTRACT
To describe the epidemiology of uveitis in northern Bénin. This retrospective study carried out from records describing 10 years of uveitis care in 2 eye clinics in northern Bénin. The sample of 623 eyes with uveitis in 489 patients accounted for 1.0% of all consultations. A male predominance was observed with a sex-ratio of 1.5 (297 m/192 F). The patients' mean age was 35.7 ± 16.1 years, and the age range most often affected was 20-39 years. The uveitis was anterior in 32.3 %, posterior in 29.0 %, intermediate in 28.1% and total (panuveitis) in 10.6%. The cause was undetermined in 85.7 % of cases and identified in 14.3%, including toxoplasmosis in 47 cases (7.5%) and herpes zoster in 20 cases (3.2%). Outpatients accounted for all cases, and all received topical corticosteroids. Some complications were observed. Uveitis has a prevalence rate of 1% in northern Bénin. It caused blindness in 9.8% of affected eyes and impaired vision in 49.3%.
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Uveitis/epidemiology , Adult , Aged , Benin/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Retrospective Studies , Young AdultABSTRACT
Primitive Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome (PGSS) is a systemic autoimmune exocrinopathy in which twenty percent of affected patients develop neurological manifestations. It has been little described in the Black African literature. We report a case of PGSS in a 64-year-old Black woman as revealed by neurological manifestations in an inflammatory context. Central neuropathy was present and the patient fulfilled at least four of the six Vitali American-European diagnostic criteria. There were abnormal aspects on the sylvian artery and hyperintense lesions of periventricular predominance. PGSS is a serious disease which we must consider when we encounter any unexplained neurological manifestations especially those associated with vasculitic lesions.