First results of the uveitis outcome study of the multinational interdisciplinary working group for uveitis in childhood (MIWGUC) Ivan Foeldvari, Gabriele Brumm, C Delibero, Kerstin Gerhold, Valeria Maria Gerloni, Kaisu Kotaniemi, Kirsten Minden, Eilsabeth Miserochchi, Uwe Pleyer, Gabriele Simonini, Susan Nielsen, I Sandfeldt, Martina Niewerth, Sandra Schenck, Arnd Heiligenhaus, The Multination...

PReS-FINAL-2063: Proposed criteria for activity, damage and impact of juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis: consensus effort from the multinational interdisciplinary working group for uveitis in childhood (MIWGUC) I Foeldvari, A Heiligenhaus, J Anton, R Ramanan, C Edelsten, T Saurenmann, B Bodaghi, K Kotaniemi, S Nielsen, E Rabinovich, Multinational Interdisciplinary Working Group f...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to report two interesting cases of cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior uveitis following topical prostaglandin analogue administration for glaucoma. Two retrospective case studies are presented. FINDINGS A 40-year-old immunocompetent lady with a history of Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis with secondary glaucoma in the right eye since 2005 was diagnosed to have...

Purpose To examine the diagnostic accuracy and performance of Uvemaster, a mobile application (app) or diagnostic decision support system (DDSS) for uveitis. The app contains a large database of knowledge including 88 uveitis syndromes each with 76 clinical items, both ocular and systemic (total 6688) and their respective prevalences, and displays a differential diagnoses list (DDL) ordered by ...

BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus damage to the eye is leading cause of loss visual functions associated with HIV. Effective treatment HIV-infected patients has changed understanding clinical picture cytomegalovirus uveitis (CMV-uveitis).
 AIM: The aim work determine prevalence, structure forms and evaluate in CMV-uveitis.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: study group consisted 66 CMV-uveitis (97 eye...

PURPOSE To evaluate the incidence of remission among patients with intermediate uveitis; to identify factors potentially predictive of remission. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Involved eyes of patients with primary noninfectious intermediate uveitis at 4 academic ocular inflammation subspecialty practices, followed sufficiently long to meet the remission outcome definition, wer...

BACKGROUND The study aims to report the association between successful uveitis control following anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) for uveitis associated with a positive tuberculosis (TB) screening test in a low endemic setting. A retrospective chart review of cases between 2010 and 2017 at a tertiary uveitis referral center in the United States of America was conducted. Subjects with any form of ...

S ystemic disease associations in uveitis are widespread, ranging from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, to demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In some cases, the systemic disease is diagnosed before onset of uveitis, whereas in others uveitis is the initial presentation of the underlying or associated condition. Two significant ques...

Although children represent only 5% to 10% of all patients in most uveitis clinics, [1,2] familiarity with the diagnosis and management of pediatric uveitis is critical. Children with uveitis may have late presentations, limited ability to communicate symptoms, and examinations limited by cooperation which may create management dilemmas. Outcomes may be influenced by amblyopia and therapeutic l...

Infectious uveitis is a significant cause of blindness in South Africa, especially among HIV-infected individuals. The visual outcome of uveitis depends on early clinical and laboratory diagnosis to guide therapeutic intervention. Analyses of aqueous humor, obtained by anterior chamber paracentesis, directs the differential diagnosis in infectious uveitis. However, although safe and potentially...