Uveitis in Adult Patients with Rheumatic Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases at a Tertiary-care Hospital in Mexico City
Uveitis in Adult Patients with Rheumatic Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases at a Tertiary-care Hospital in Mexico City
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DOI:
10.3899/jrheum.100015
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发表时间:
2011-02-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Martinez-Castro, Francisco
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作者:
Javier Jimenez-Balderas, Francisco;Fernandez-Arrieta, Gema;Martinez-Castro, Francisco
Objective. Our aim is to describe the frequency of uveitis associated with rheumatic inflammatory autoimmune diseases (RIAD) in adult patients admitted to the Rheumatology Department at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City. We also describe the clinical features, seasonal distribution, treatment, and ocular complications associated with this disease.Methods. We reviewed 1332 charts of patients with RIAD and selected those that had a diagnosis of uveitis. We obtained the following data: age, sex, type of uveitis and relationship with diagnosis of RIAD, recurrences, seasonal distribution, treatment, and residual visual deficit.Results. We found 57 (4.27%) cases of uveitis in 1332 charts, including 38 men and 19 women (M:F ratio 2:1), aged 47 +/- 16 years. Nongranulomatous acute anterior uveitis (NGAAU) comprised 90.52% of cases (52/57). In 64.91% of cases (37/57), uveitis preceded the diagnosis of RIAD by 12 +/- 9 years, more frequently in winter (35.96%; p = NS). Uveitis was found in 40/93 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), in 7/11 patients with relapsing polychondritis (RP), in 8/16 patients with Behcet's disease, in 1/16 patients with polyarteritis nodosa, and in 1/590 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ninety-six percent of the patients were treated with steroids. Upon a mean followup of 60 days (range 7-4745 days), reduction of visual acuity (