Open AccessGranulomatous Features in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis is Not a Rare Occurrence
Author(s) -
Ioannis Papasavvas,
Carl P. Herbort
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s299436
Subject(s) - medicine , uveitis , arthritis , intermediate uveitis , dermatology , sarcoidosis , anti nuclear antibody , ophthalmology , immunology , anterior uveitis , antibody , autoantibody
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis is the most common form of intraocular inflammation with systemic involvement in childhood. Textbooks tend to describe it as non-granulomatous anterior uveitis. Here, we report the percentage of granulomatous features in JIA-related uveitis among patients at a uveitis referral center.