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Abstract #76558 Published in IGR 19-3
Clinical Features and Prognosis of Uveitis in a Turkish Patient Population with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Incidence and Management of Ocular Complications
Sungur G; Yakin M; Uzman S; Uzman S; Balta O; Orman G; Ornek FOcular Immunology and Inflammation 2018; 0: 1-9
PURPOSE: To investigate clinical features, visual prognosis, and ocular complications in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)-associated anterior uveitis (AU). METHODS: Data of 211 eyes of 145 patients with AU associated with AS were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: Mean follow-up time was 6.31 ± 6.33 years. Men were younger than women at AS diagnosis (p = 0.035). The mean number of uveitis flares was highest during the first quarter of the year and lowest during the third quarter (p = 0.017). Immunosuppressive agent use was higher in women than men (p = 0.052). Ocular complications developed in 120 eyes (56.9%), and the complication rate was 0.146/eye year. Males developed cystoid macular edema more frequently than females (p = 0.05). Glaucoma was observed more often in early-onset disease (age at AS onset <45 years) than late-onset disease (p = 0.028). CONCLUSIONS: Visual prognosis of AU in patients with AS was good, although more than half of the eyes developed ocular complications (56.9%).
a Department of Ophthalmology , Ankara Training and Research Hospital , Altindag , Turkey.
Full articleClassification:
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
