Ocular involvement in patients with spondyloarthritis.
Ocular inflammatory diseases can present as isolated conditions but also as part of systemic inflammatory diseases. Anterior uveitis is closely related to SpA and shares the common genetic background of HLA-B27. Other ocular manifestations, such as episcleritis and scleritis, may also occur, although less frequently. Therefore, ocular involvement has been included as one of the important clinical features of SpA in the recently published classification criteria for axial and peripheral disease. However, there are a wide variety of aetiologies for ocular diseases and this must be considered in assessment of SpA.
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.|Commission of vascular disease, Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo.
Ana Beatriz Santos
ABS
Bacchiega
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Gustavo Guimarães Moreira
GGM
Balbi
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.|Commission of vascular disease, Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo.
Manuella Lima Gomes
MLG
Ochtrop
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Francisco Assis
FA
de Andrade
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.|Commission of vascular disease, Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo.
Roger Abramino
RA
Levy
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany.
Xenofon
X
Baraliakos
D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015423:Scleritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D025241:Spondylarthritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics
D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen
HLA-B27; acute anterior uveitis; ocular; spondyloarthritis; uveitis