[Eye involvement in rheumatoid arthritis in children and adults].
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by synovitis and a wide range of extraarticular manifestations. Ocular involvement occurs frequently in both diseases and it may affect all layers of the eyes. This review summarizes the clinical manifestations, the diagnostic tools and the therapeutic modalities of the various ocular features of patients with juvenile and adult rheumatoid arthritis.
Tsumi
Erez
E
Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva, Israel.
Lifshitz
Tova
T
Abu-Shakra
Mahmoud
M
D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007638:Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca / Q000209:etiology