Ocular Manifestation of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and its Relation to Disease Activity
| Autor: | Gehan lofty, Ahmad Shawkat Mohamed, Lamiaa Hamdy, Rawhya R. El-Shereef |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Intraocular pressure
medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.diagnostic_test Childhood arthritis business.industry Fundus photography Fundus (eye) medicine.disease eye diseases Ophthalmology medicine sense organs medicine.symptom business Macular edema Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Uveitis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Arthritis. |
| ISSN: | 2167-7921 |
| DOI: | 10.4172/2167-7921.1000137 |
| Popis: | Purpose:To determine the ocular manifestations of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and its relation to its disease activity. To analyze the prevalence and complications of uveitis and their predictors in JIA. Methods: Fifty eight JIA patients and 20 age and sex matched healthy controls were included in this study; all JIA patients were recruited from Rheumatology and paediatric department. All patients were undergone complete rheumatological and ophthalmic examination including visual acuity, slit lamp examination of the anterior segment, dry eye evaluation using Rose Bengal stain and Schirmer test. Fundus examination and fundus photography were done to the suspected cases Results: Sixteen patients (27.6%) had ocular manifestations. Most of JIA were asymptomatic 49 (84.48%) for ocular manifestation. Nine patients (15.5%) complained of ocular manifestations in the form of blurring of vision, burning sensation and eye dryness. Patients with ocular abnormalities had an earlier disease onset and longer disease duration than those without any lesions (p |
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