O01 Genetic risk factors associated with increased risk of uveitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood, with JIA-associated uveitis its most common extra-articular manifestation. JIA-associated uveitis is a potentially sight-threatening condition and thus carries a considerable risk of morbidity. The aetiology of the condition is autoimmune in nature with the predominant involvement of CD4(+) T cells. However, ...

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis associated uveitis

Systemic JIA represents 20% of all JIA cases. It is characterized by the onset of high-grade fever associated with multiple extra-articular manifestations. [2] These include maculopapular rash, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, pericarditis, and pleuritis. Joint involvement is initially mild or absent, but becomes the more prominent feature of the disease as the patient a...

Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis

Pediatric uveitis may be a serious health problem because of the lifetime burden of vision loss due to severe complications if the problem is not adequately treated. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis is characterized by insidious onset and potentially blinding chronic anterior uveitis. Periodic ophthalmologic screening is of utmost importance for early diagnosis of uveitis....

Uveitis Associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, our Observations

INTRODUCTION Uveitis as extra-articular manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is present in 20% of children with the persistent form, in 30% with the extended oligoarticular form, while it is present in psoriatic and polyarticular rheumatoid factor (RF) negative arthritis in 10% and 14%, respectively. AIM The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency of uveitis and its com...

Methotrexate and chronic uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.