title: [Uveitis: diagnostic approach].
abstract: A 32 year-old woman was referred from the Ophthalmology Department to rule out a possible systemic disease. Her only past medical history of relevance was a tuberculosis contact during childhood. She complained of floaters and progressive blurring of vision in both eyes for some months, as well as arthralgia and cough. Her visual acuity was 0.3 in the right eye and 0.4 in the left eye. Biomicroscopy showed bilateral anterior granulomatous uveitis (1+ cells). Funduscopy showed bilateral vitritis 3+, snow banking and peripheral phlebitis. Fluorescein angiography did not show central vasculitis, and optical coherence tomography showed bilateral cystoid macular oedema. Fundus autofluorescence was normal. How would you initially assess this patient in order to decide which systemic examination should be performed, bearing in mind the ophthalmological manifestations?
authors.affiliation: Sección de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Cruces, Vizcaya, España. AGUSTIN.MARTINEZBERRIOCHOA@osakidetza.net
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Berriotxoa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fonollosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Artaraz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015867:Uveitis, Intermediate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*