Birdshot retinochoroiditis in Brazil: a multicenter study of 40 patients

• Autor(a) principal: Maria Luisa Gois da Fonsêca
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Raul Nunes Galvarro Vianna, Anna Christina Higino Rocha, Antonio Marcelo Barbante Casella, Arnaldo Cialdini, Cristina Mucciolli, Daniela Socci da Costa, Daniel Lucena, Daniel Vítor de Vasconcelos Santos, Eduardo Morizot, Elaine Castro, Ever E. C. Rodriguez, Felipe Telöken Diligenti, Fernanda B. O. Porto, Heloisa Nascimento, Joyce Hisae Yamamoto, Juliana Lambert Oréfice, Lilia R. P. Muralha, Luciana Peixoto Finamor, Maria Auxiliadora Monteiro Frazão, Mário Martins dos Santos Motta, Mário J. Nóbrega, Moysés E. Zajdenweber, Remo T. Moraes, Rodrigo L. Meirelles, Sidney Rocha Lemos, Wilton Feitosa de Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-021-00353-1; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61364
• topic: Birdshot retinochoroiditis; Retina; Uveitis; Coriorretinopatia de Birdshot; Retina; Uveíte

Background: Birdshot retinochoroiditis (BRC) is a rare and chronic bilateral uveitis mostly found in Caucasians. As few data are available about the clinical course of BRC in Hispanic patients, we aimed to report the clinical fndings and the evolution of BRC in Brazilian patients. Methods: This retrospective cohort multicenter nationwide study was performed by analyzing the records of patients with BRC diagnoses from Brazilian ophthalmological centers from April 1995 to May 2020. Results: Forty patients (80 eyes) with a diagnosis of BRC were evaluated. The mean age was 53 years, and there was no sex predominance. All tested patients (34/40) were positive for HLA-A29. The diagnosis of BRC was made following the Levinson et al. criteria, and all ancillary tests were performed to exclude diferential diagnoses. Clinical signs and symptoms, such as complications and treatment, were described. Conclusions: BRC evolution in Brazilian patients seems to have some peculiarities that diverge from the published literature available about Caucasians, as AS infammation is higher in this population.