Antinuclear antibody and HLA-B27 positive uveitis: combination of two diseases? |
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Authors: | EH Bosch-Driessen NM Lardy A Rothova |
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Affiliation: | Department of Ophthalmology, F C Donders Institute, Academic Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | AIMS/BACKGROUND: Anterior uveitis associated with juvenile chronic arthritis concerns two different clinical entities: firstly, antinuclear antibody (ANA) positive patients who have a chronic anterior uveitis with severe complications and often a poor visual prognosis; secondly, usually HLA-B27 positive children, predominantly boys, with unilateral recurrent anterior uveitis. Three patients are described who had a combination of clinical and laboratory features of both diseases. METHODS: Retrospective clinical and laboratory analysis of three patients. RESULTS: Ocular features in the three patients combined the clinical picture of ANA positive chronic anterior uveitis during early childhood with the clinical features of HLA-B27 unilateral acute anterior uveitis during adolescence. The patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of juvenile chronic arthritis, and they had no ankylosing spondylitis. All three patients had the HLA-B*2705 subtype. CONCLUSIONS: Whether the association of ANA positive chronic anterior uveitis and HLA-B27 unilateral acute anterior uveitis is a coincidence or represents a distinct clinical entity is not yet clear. |
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