1. Ocular morbidities of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis in adulthood: results from a tertiary center study.
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Oray M, Khachatryan N, Ebrahimiadib N, Abu Samra K, Lee S, and Foster CS
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- Adolescent, Adult, Arthritis, Juvenile epidemiology, Child, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Morbidity trends, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Tomography, Optical Coherence, United States epidemiology, Uveitis, Anterior complications, Uveitis, Anterior diagnosis, Vision, Low diagnosis, Vision, Low etiology, Young Adult, Arthritis, Juvenile complications, Risk Assessment methods, Tertiary Care Centers, Uveitis, Anterior epidemiology, Vision, Low epidemiology, Visual Acuity
- Abstract
Purpose: To describe the clinical and visual outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis in adults and to examine risk factors for ongoing inflammation in adulthood., Methods: Medical records were reviewed for patients with JIA-associated uveitis who were >16 years old at the final visit (the last visit prior to data collection)., Results: In total, 135 eyes of 77 patients (70 female, 7 male) were included. The mean age of patients at the final visit was 29.72 ± 11.27 years. The number of eyes with visual acuity of ≤20/50 and ≤20/200 at the final visit was 37 (28 %) and 20 (15 %), respectively; at least one ocular complication was present in 72 % of eyes. Band keratopathy was the most frequent complication (42 %), followed by cataract (25 %), posterior synechiae (22 %), maculopathy (22 %), ocular hypertension (13 %), and hypotony (5 %). At the final visit, patients who were >16 years of age at presentation to the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution had more ocular complications and a greater degree of vision loss than patients who were ≤16 years of age. Ongoing inflammation at the final visit was noted in 40 patients (52 %). The presence of posterior synechiae, hypotony, cataract at presentation, and a history of cataract surgery prior to presentation were predictive of ongoing inflammation in adulthood in univariate analysis. The presence of hypotony and posterior synechiae at the initial visit were predictive factors in multivariate analysis., Conclusions: JIA-associated uveitis may be associated with ongoing inflammation, ocular complications, and severe visual impairment in adulthood. The presence of posterior synechiae and hypotony at the initial visit is predictive of ongoing inflammation.
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- 2016
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