Chorioretinitis as a complication of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
A girl with pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis developed bilateral uveitis complicated by cataract and glaucoma. Sequential fundus photography documented development of extensive choroidal scarring and retinal pigment epithelial atrophy in the left macula. Vision was not impaired. This case suggests uveitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis can be associated with chorioretinitis.
Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffin Medical School at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-7002, USA.
Neepa M
NM
Thacker
Joseph L
JL
Demer
D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008727:Methotrexate