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- Title
Rheumatologist's Perspective on Non-Infectious Uveitis: Patterns from Tertiary Referral Rheumatologic Clinics in Italy.
- Authors
Triggianese, Paola; Fatica, Mauro; Caso, Francesco; Costa, Luisa; D'Antonio, Arianna; Tasso, Marco; Greco, Elisabetta; Conigliaro, Paola; Bergamini, Alberto; Fabiani, Claudia; Cantarini, Luca; Chimenti, Maria Sole
- Abstract
Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) can be an early or even the first extra-articular manifestation of systemic rheumatic diseases, or the first one; thus, rheumatologists are often involved in the diagnostic and therapeutic assessment of NIU. We evaluated 130 patients with a diagnosis of NIU who were admitted to two Italian rheumatologic clinics (Tor Vergata University Hospital in Rome, and Federico II University in Naples) from January 2018 to December 2021. Anterior uveitis (AU) occurred in 75.4% of patients, followed by posterior uveitis (PU, 21.5%); acute (54.6%) and recurrent (35.4%) NIU were more documented than chronic NIU (10%), and a bilateral involvement was observed in 38.7% of cases. Half of NIU cases were associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA); the remaining were affected by Behçet disease (BD)-related uveitis (13.9%) and idiopathic NIU (9.2%). HLA-B27+ patients (34.8%) had a higher prevalence of anterior and unilateral NIU (p = 0.005) with acute course (p = 0.04) than HLA-B27– patients. On the contrary, HLA-B51+ patients (19.6%) had mostly PU and bilateral NIU (p < 0.0001) and recurrent course (p = 0.04) than HLA-B51– patients. At the first rheumatologic referral, 117 patients (90%) received systemic treatments. Findings from this study demonstrate that rheumatologic referral has a pivotal role in the diagnostic work-up of NIU and may dramatically influence NIU-treatment strategies.
- Subjects
NAPLES (Italy); ITALY; FREDERICK II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250; UVEITIS; RHEUMATOLOGISTS; RHEUMATISM; IRIDOCYCLITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 11, p9690
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms24119690