Research Article
Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis in an Italian Tertiary Referral Centre: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Prognosis
Table 2
Clinical findings of 158 Italian patients (159 eyes) with Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis at their first examination in a referral center.
| Clinical findings | Number of eyes | % |
| BCVA ≥ 0.6 | 137 | 86 |
| BCVA ≤ 0.1 | 6 | 3.8 |
| Keratic precipitates | 152 | 95.6 | Small size | 67 | 42.1 | Medium size | 27 | 17 | Small + medium size | 58 | 36.5 | Diffuse | 116 | 76.3 | Mainly central and inferior | 36 | 23.7 |
| Cells in anterior chamber | 122 | 76.7 | 0 to ≤2+ | 158 | 99.37 | ≥3+ | 1 | 0.6 |
| Iris nodules | 60 | 37.7 | Koeppe | 48 | 30.2 | Busacca | 2 | 1.2 | Koeppe + Busacca | 10 | 6.3 |
| Iris atrophy | 138 | 86.8 | Heterochromia | 61 | 38.3 | Inverse heterochromia | 1 | 0.6 |
| Anisocoria | 4 | 2.5 |
| IOP increase or therapy for IOP | 32 | 20.1 |
| Cataract | 101 | 63.5 | Posterior subcapsular | 83 | 57.2 | White | 4 | 2.75 | Previous cataract surgery | 14 | 8.8 |
| Vitreous opacities | 145 | 91.2 | ≤1+ | 73 | 45.9 | ≥2+ | 72 | 45.3 |
| Optic disc changes | 27 | 17 | Increased cup/disk ratio | 15 | 9.4 | Pale optic disk | 7 | 4.4 | Both | 2 | 1.2 | Hyperemia | 3 | 1.9 |
| Chorioretinal scars | 8 | 5 |
| Epiretinal membrane | 3 | 1.9 |
| Retinal tears | 1 | 0.6 |
| Retinal hole | 1 | 0.6 |
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On 145 phakic eyes.
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