Prevalence of the spondyloarthritides in patients with uveitis

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the spondyloarthritides in patients with uveitis and to establish criteria for certain subtypes of this group of diseases. METHODS: In a university-based prospective study, we examined 433 patients with different types of uveitis for signs of spondyloarthrit...

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Published in:Journal of rheumatology 2004-11, Vol.31 (11), p.2226-2229
Main Authors: LINDER, Roland, HOFFMANN, Axel, BRUNNER, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatology
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Hospitals, University
Humans
Inflammatory joint diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology
Prospective Studies
Psoriasis. Parapsoriasis. Lichen
Spondylarthritis - complications
Spondylarthritis - epidemiology
Spondylarthritis - pathology
Uvea diseases
Uveitis - complications
Uveitis - epidemiology
Uveitis - pathology
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the spondyloarthritides in patients with uveitis and to establish criteria for certain subtypes of this group of diseases. METHODS: In a university-based prospective study, we examined 433 patients with different types of uveitis for signs of spondyloarthritides as defined by the classification criteria of the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group (ESSG). RESULTS: Forty-four of the 433 uveitis patients (36 with acute anterior uveitis and 8 with other types of uveitis) had spondyloarthritis according to the ESSG classification criteria. Nineteen of these 44 patients had ankylosing spondylitis (AS), 11 had undifferentiated spondyloarthritis, 9 reactive arthritis, and 5 psoriatic arthritis. CONCLUSION: Uveitis is associated not only with AS and reactive arthritis, but also with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis. The ESSG criteria are helpful in identifying these spondyloarthritides in uveitis patients.
ISSN:0315-162X
1499-2752