background: uveitis refers to diseases characterized by intraocular inflammation of the uveal tract. anterior uveitis is a common ocular disease characterized by inflammation of the iris and the ciliary body. objectives: to establish the frequency of hla-b27- positive uveitis in asian indian population, study their clinical profile and compare it with other reports in literature. methods: we re...

Choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) is one of the most severe causes of visual impairment in patients with uveitis. The disruption of homeostasis between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch’s membrane can generate a vicious circle leading to choroidal neoangiogenesis. Both non-infectious and infectious uveitis can present CNV as a possible complication. Infectious uveitis is provoked ...

Anterior uveitis is a well-known threatening comorbid condition of JIA and affects around 10 to 20 % of the patients depending on JIA subtype. A large proportion of children with JIA develop uveitis in the first year of disease and 73 to 90% do so after four years of the arthritis onset. Uveitis can progress into the adulthood and usually occur as “white uveitis” which is not associated with sy...

AIMS To analyze the prognostic role of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) for the onset of uveitis in the context of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), its correlation with uveitis course and severity and its prognostic role for the development of arthritis in children with uveitis. METHODS We conducted a systematic review analysis of the literature on the prognostic value of ANA on JIA associate...

BACKGROUND Typically juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis (further referred as 'JIA-uveitis') has its onset in childhood, but some patients suffer its, sometimes visual threatening, complications or ongoing disease activity in adulthood. The objective of this study was to analyze uveitis activity, complications and visual prognosis in adulthood. METHODS In this multicenter s...

Uveitis or intraocular inflammation is a potentially blinding disorder that is initiated by a diverse group of diseases. Concepts of uveitis have evolved rapidly over the past few years, but many questions about the aetiology still remain unanswered. Uveitis is associated with several systemic diseases but the frequency of systemic diseases among uveitis patients is dependent on age of onset an...

The inflammatory process of the uvea is called uveitis and may cause sight threatening damage to the eye. The aetiological factor in about 30% of the cases of uveitis is unknown. If established clinical entities without known cause, such as Fuchs' uveitis, are included, no aetiological agent or association with systemic disease can be identified in about 50% of cases.' Uveitis may be induced by...

A distinct clinical entity of uveitis associated with human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) has been reported previously. During the period between January 1989 and April 1992, 93 patients were observed with HTLV-I uveitis and a significant correlation was found between Graves' disease and HTLV-I uveitis. Sixteen of the 93 patients with HTLV-I uveitis (17.2%) had a previous history of Grav...