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Characteristics of Patients Referred to the Rheumatology Clinic with a Diagnosis of Uveitis: A Retrospective Study

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1, 102 - 109

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ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study is to share the evaluation results of patients diagnosed with uveitis by ophthalmological examinations and referred to the rheumatology clinic.
Material and Methods: Data of patients diagnosed with uveitis by ophthalmological examinations and referred to the rheumatology clinic were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with previously known rheumatological diseases were not included.

Results: Data of a total of 62 patients meeting the inclusion criteria were evaluated. Complaints related to rheumatic diseases were queried in patients referred with a diagnosis of uveitis; 26 (41.9%) had inflammatory low back pain, and 7 (11.3%) had recurrent oral aphthous ulcers. In 25 patients (40.3%), there were no rheumatic complaints/symptoms. Rheumatic diseases were detected in 32 (51.6%) of the 62 patients referred with a diagnosis of uveitis. Distribution of rheumatic disease diagnoses: Axial spondyloarthritis 23, [Ankylosing spondylitis 18 (29.0%), non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis 5 (8.1%)], Behçet's disease 4 (6.5%), psoriatic arthritis 2 (3.2%), Sjogrens syndrome 1 (1.6%), inflammatory bowel disease 1 (1.6%), Familial Mediterranean Fever 1 (1.6%).

Conclusions: Rheumatic diseases, particularly spondyloarthritis, may initially manifest with eye involvement. Referring uveitis-diagnosed patients to rheumatology clinics for further investigation is vital for early detection and timely treatment to prevent permanent damage and potential eye complications. Providing detailed information on uveitis characteristics during referrals aids rheumatologists in making an accurate diagnosis.

Kaynakça

  • 1.Triggianese P, Fatica M, Caso F.; Costa L, D'Antonio A, Tasso M, Greco E, Conigliaro P, Bergamini A, Fabiani C, Cantarini L, Chimenti MS. Rheumatologist's Perspective on Non-Infectious Uveitis: Patterns from Tertiary Referral Rheumatologic Clinics in Italy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24(11):9690.
  • 2. Bertrand PJ, Jamilloux Y, Ecochard R, Richard-Colmant G, Gerfaud-Valentin M, Guillaud M, Denis P, Kodjikian L, Sève P. Uveitis: Autoimmunity and beyond. Autoimmun. Rev. Autoimmun Rev 2019; 18(9):102351.
  • 3. Hysa E, Cutolo CA, Gotelli E, Pacini G, Schenone C, Kreps E, Smith V, Cutolo M. Immunopathophysiology and clinical impact of uveitis in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: An update. Eur. J. Clin. Investig 2021; 51(8):e13572.
  • 4. Cantini F, Nannini C, Cassara E, Kaloudi O, Niccoli L. Uveitis in Spondyloarthritis: An Overview. J Rheumatol Suppl 2015; 93:27-9.
  • 5. Commodaro AG, Bueno V, Belfort R Jr, Rizzo LV. Autoimmune uveitis: the associated proinflammatory molecules and the search for immunoregulation. Autoimmun Rev 2011; 10(4):205-9.
  • 6. Hysa E, Cutolo CA, Gotelli E, Paolino S, Cimmino MA, Pacini G, Pizzorni C, Sulli A, Smith V, Cutolo M. Ocular microvascular damage in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: The pathophysiological role of the immune system. Autoimmun Rev 2021; 20(5):102796.
  • 7. Hart CT, Zhu EY, Crock C, Rogers S, Lim L. Epidemiology of uveitis in urban Australia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019; 47(6):733-40.
  • 8. Salehzadeh F, Yasrebi O, Khotbesara MH, Khotbesara MH. Idiopathic uveitis and familial mediterranean Fever: is there any relationship? Autoimmune Dis 2014: 2014:238931.
  • 9. Livneh A, Langevitz P, Zemer D, Zaks N, Kees S, Lidar T, Migdal A, Padeh S, M Pras M. Criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40(10):1879-85.
  • 10. Kiltz U, Baraliakos X, Karakostas P, Igelmann M, Kalthoff L, Klink C, Krause D, Schmitz-Bortz E, Flörecke M, Bollow M, Braun J. Do patients with non-radiographic axial spondylarthritis differ from patients with ankylosing spondylitis? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2012; 64(9):1415.
  • 11. Deodhar A, Strand V, Kay J, Braun J The term 'non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis' is much more important to classify than to diagnose patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016; 75(5):791.
  • 12. Costantino F, Zeboulon N, Said-Nahal R, Breban M. Radiographic sacroiliitis develops predictably over time in a cohort of familial spondyloarthritis followed longitudinally. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56(5):811-7.
  • 13. Zeboulon N, Dougados M, Gossec L. Prevalence and characteristics of uveitis in the spondyloarthropathies: a systematic literature review. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:955-9.
  • 14. Sharma SM, Jackson D. Uveitis and spondyloarthropathies. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2017; 31(6):846-62.
  • 15. Maini R, O'Sullivan J, Reddy A, Watson S, Edelsten C. The risk of complications of uveitis in a district hospital cohort. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88(4):512-7.
  • 16. Haroon M, O'Rourke M, Ramasamy P, Murphy C, FitzGerald O. Novel evidence-based detection of undiagnosed spon-dyloarthritis in patients presenting with acute anterior uveitis: the DUET (Dublin Uveitis Evaluation Tool). Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74:1990-5.
  • 17. Seo MR, Baek HL, Yoon HH, Ryu HJ, Choi HJ, Baek HJ, Ko KP. Delayed diagnosis is linked to worse outcomes and unfavourable treatment responses in patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Clinical rheumatology 2015; 34(8): 1397-405.

Üveit Tanısı ile Romatoloji Kliniğine Yönlendirilen Hastaların Özellikleri: Retrospektif Bir Çalışma

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1, 102 - 109

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı; göz hastalıkları tarafından üveit tanısı konularak romatoloji polikliniğine yönlendirilen hastaların değerlendirme sonuçlarını paylaşmaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Göz hastalıkları tarafından üveit tanısı konulan ve romatoloji polikliniğine yönlendirilen hastaların dosyaları retrospektif tarandı. Daha önceden bilinen romatolojik hastalığı olan hastalar çalışmaya alınmadı.

Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınma kriterlerini karşılayan toplam 62 hastanın verileri değerlendirildi. Üveit tanısı ile yönlendirilen hastaların romatolojik hastalık açısından şikayetleri sorgulandı; 26 (%4,9) inflamatuvar bel ağrısı, 7 (%11,3) tekrarlayan oral aft saptandı. Yirmi beş (%40,3) hastada ise hiç bir romatolojik şikayet/semptom yoktu Polikliniğimize üveit tanısı ile yönlendirilen 62 hastanın 32’sinde (%51,6) romatolojik hastalık saptandı. Romatolojik hastalık tanı dağılımı: Aksiyel spondiloartrit 23, [Ankilozan spondilit 18 (%29,0), non-radyolojik aksiyel spondiloartrit 5 (%8,1)], Behçet Hastalığı 4 (%6,5), psoriyatik artrit 2 (%3,2), bağ doku hastalığı 1 (%1,6), inflamatuvar barsak hastalığı 1 (%1,6), ailesel akdeniz ateşi 1 (%1,6) idi.

Sonuç: Spondiloartritler başta olmak romatolojik hastalıkların ilk belirtisi göz tutulumu olabilir. Üveit tanısı konulan hastalar şüpheli durumlarda altta yatan romatolojik hastalık araştırılması açısından romatoloji polikliniklerine yönlendirilmelidir. Romatolojik hastalığın erken tanısı; hem hastalığın tedavi edilerek kalıcı hasarın önlenmesi hem de oluşabilecek oftalmolojik komplikasyonların önüne geçilmesi açısından önemlidir. Bu nedenle üveit tanılı hastaların yönlendirilirken üveite dair tutulum özelliklerinin belirtilmesi romatoloji hekimine tanı koyma konusunda yol gösterici olacaktır.

Kaynakça

  • 1.Triggianese P, Fatica M, Caso F.; Costa L, D'Antonio A, Tasso M, Greco E, Conigliaro P, Bergamini A, Fabiani C, Cantarini L, Chimenti MS. Rheumatologist's Perspective on Non-Infectious Uveitis: Patterns from Tertiary Referral Rheumatologic Clinics in Italy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24(11):9690.
  • 2. Bertrand PJ, Jamilloux Y, Ecochard R, Richard-Colmant G, Gerfaud-Valentin M, Guillaud M, Denis P, Kodjikian L, Sève P. Uveitis: Autoimmunity and beyond. Autoimmun. Rev. Autoimmun Rev 2019; 18(9):102351.
  • 3. Hysa E, Cutolo CA, Gotelli E, Pacini G, Schenone C, Kreps E, Smith V, Cutolo M. Immunopathophysiology and clinical impact of uveitis in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: An update. Eur. J. Clin. Investig 2021; 51(8):e13572.
  • 4. Cantini F, Nannini C, Cassara E, Kaloudi O, Niccoli L. Uveitis in Spondyloarthritis: An Overview. J Rheumatol Suppl 2015; 93:27-9.
  • 5. Commodaro AG, Bueno V, Belfort R Jr, Rizzo LV. Autoimmune uveitis: the associated proinflammatory molecules and the search for immunoregulation. Autoimmun Rev 2011; 10(4):205-9.
  • 6. Hysa E, Cutolo CA, Gotelli E, Paolino S, Cimmino MA, Pacini G, Pizzorni C, Sulli A, Smith V, Cutolo M. Ocular microvascular damage in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: The pathophysiological role of the immune system. Autoimmun Rev 2021; 20(5):102796.
  • 7. Hart CT, Zhu EY, Crock C, Rogers S, Lim L. Epidemiology of uveitis in urban Australia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019; 47(6):733-40.
  • 8. Salehzadeh F, Yasrebi O, Khotbesara MH, Khotbesara MH. Idiopathic uveitis and familial mediterranean Fever: is there any relationship? Autoimmune Dis 2014: 2014:238931.
  • 9. Livneh A, Langevitz P, Zemer D, Zaks N, Kees S, Lidar T, Migdal A, Padeh S, M Pras M. Criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40(10):1879-85.
  • 10. Kiltz U, Baraliakos X, Karakostas P, Igelmann M, Kalthoff L, Klink C, Krause D, Schmitz-Bortz E, Flörecke M, Bollow M, Braun J. Do patients with non-radiographic axial spondylarthritis differ from patients with ankylosing spondylitis? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2012; 64(9):1415.
  • 11. Deodhar A, Strand V, Kay J, Braun J The term 'non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis' is much more important to classify than to diagnose patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016; 75(5):791.
  • 12. Costantino F, Zeboulon N, Said-Nahal R, Breban M. Radiographic sacroiliitis develops predictably over time in a cohort of familial spondyloarthritis followed longitudinally. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56(5):811-7.
  • 13. Zeboulon N, Dougados M, Gossec L. Prevalence and characteristics of uveitis in the spondyloarthropathies: a systematic literature review. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:955-9.
  • 14. Sharma SM, Jackson D. Uveitis and spondyloarthropathies. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2017; 31(6):846-62.
  • 15. Maini R, O'Sullivan J, Reddy A, Watson S, Edelsten C. The risk of complications of uveitis in a district hospital cohort. Br J Ophthalmol 2004; 88(4):512-7.
  • 16. Haroon M, O'Rourke M, Ramasamy P, Murphy C, FitzGerald O. Novel evidence-based detection of undiagnosed spon-dyloarthritis in patients presenting with acute anterior uveitis: the DUET (Dublin Uveitis Evaluation Tool). Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74:1990-5.
  • 17. Seo MR, Baek HL, Yoon HH, Ryu HJ, Choi HJ, Baek HJ, Ko KP. Delayed diagnosis is linked to worse outcomes and unfavourable treatment responses in patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Clinical rheumatology 2015; 34(8): 1397-405.
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Romatoloji ve Artrit
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

Öznur Kutluk 0000-0003-1037-7381

Öykü Tomay Aksoy 0000-0002-6458-9753

Erken Görünüm Tarihi 20 Ocak 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi
Gönderilme Tarihi 31 Ocak 2024
Kabul Tarihi 30 Mayıs 2024
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

Vancouver Kutluk Ö, Tomay Aksoy Ö. Characteristics of Patients Referred to the Rheumatology Clinic with a Diagnosis of Uveitis: A Retrospective Study. Akd Tıp D. 2025;11(1):102-9.