[Contribution of cerebral magnetic resonance imaging to etiological investigation of uveitis].
OBJECTIVE
Uveitis is a disorder for which etiologic assessment procedures are still not codified. Clinical presentation is heterogenous, with poor correlation between symptoms and neurological involvement. The aim of our study was to assess the contribution of cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the management of uveitis.


METHODS
Seventy-one patients, 26 men and 45 women, were included between January 1st, 2000 and March 31st, 2008, in two groups "contributory MRI" and "not contributory MRI" according to diagnostic contribution of MRI. Clinical characteristics of uveitis, inflammatory, immunological and infectious biological features, and cerebral MRI were analyzed.


RESULTS
A diagnostics was established in 38 (53.5%) patients. Five patients with multiple sclerosis and one case of Behçet's disease were diagnosed using cerebral MRI.


CONCLUSIONS
This study points out cerebral MRI contribution as a second-line examination for the etiological diagnosis of uveitis especially in case of suspicion of multiple sclerosis or Behçet's disease.
Service de médecine interne, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France. Electronic address: hgil@chu-besancon.fr.
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Gil
Service de médecine interne, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Fery-Blanco
Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Schwartz
Service de médecine interne, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Meaux-Ruault
Service de médecine interne, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Tisserand
Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Delbosc
Service de médecine interne, CHU Jean-Minjoz, boulevard Fleming, 25000 Besançon, France.
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Magy-Bertrand
D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*
Imagerie par résonance magnétique; Magnetic resonance imaging; Uveitis; Uvéite