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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect different organs beyond the joints. Ocular involvement includes keratoconjunctivitis sicca, peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK), episcleritis, scleritis, anterior uveitis, and corneal impairment. The most severe form of scleritis, scleromalacia perforans, is an aggressive ophthalmic manifestation that can potentially lead to blindness, usually occurring in late stages of disease. We report a case of an elderly woman in which this severe ocular manifestation occurred early on disease onset, differing from most of the previously reported cases of scleromalacia perforans. Ocular symptoms started concomitantly with the polyarthritis and other extra-articular manifestations, including rheumatoid nodules and vasculitic skin lesions. Ocular disease progressed due to patient's loss to follow-up, requiring pulse therapy with methylprednisolone. However, despite treatment, right eye enucleation was required due to melting of the corneal patch with uveal exposition. The patient was then treated with rituximab with improvement of systemic disease. The present case reinforces that, although rare, this complication is severe and must be promptly diagnosed and aggressively treated to improve prognosis of ocular and systemic RA.
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Las espondiloartropatías constituyen una de las causas más frecuentes de uveítis anteriores. Las uveítis asociadas a espondiloartropatías se encuadran dentro del grupo de las uveítis relacionadas con el antígeno de histocompatibilidad HLA-B27. El objetivo de este estudio es presentar una revisión de las uveítis asociadas a las espondiloartropatías seronegativas (espondilitis anquilosante, artropatía psoriásica, artritis reactiva o síndrome de Reiter y enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal), así como la afectación ocular en el contexto de la artritis reumatoide del adulto y la artritis idiopática juvenil. Las manifestaciones oculares, que incluyen epiescleritis, escleritis, queratitis ulcerosa periférica y enfermedad del ojo seco, se pueden encontrar hasta en el 39 por ciento de los pacientes con artritis reumatoide. La uveítis anterior aguda unilateral recidivante es la más frecuente en las espondiloartropatías, y puede ser la forma de inicio de una espondiloartropatía no diagnosticada previamente. La colaboración entre oftalmólogos y reumatólogos o internistas es fundamental para el correcto manejo y tratamiento de estos pacientes(AU)
Spondyloarthropathies are one of the most frequent causes of anterior uveitis. Uveitis associated with spondyloarthropathies fall within the group of uveitis related to the histocompatibility antigen HLA-B27. To present a review of uveitis associated with seronegative spondyloarthropathies (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthropathy, reactive arthritis or Reiter's syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease), as well as ocular involvement in the context of adult rheumatoid arthritis and arthritis Juvenile idiopathic. Ocular manifestations, including episcleritis, scleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, and dry eye disease, can be found in up to 39 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Recurrent unilateral acute anterior uveitis is the most frequent in spondyloarthropathies, and can be the initiation of a previously undiagnosed spondyloarthropathy. Collaboration between ophthalmologists and rheumatologists or internists is essential for the correct management and treatment of these patients(AU)
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HumanosRESUMO
The use of intra-oral local anaesthetics for dental procedures is a widely extended practice that may cause side effects. As such, in rare cases it may cause ocular complications such as diplopia, ptosis, blurry vision, miosis, vision loss, or amaurosis. (Most of them are transient, recovering after several hours or days). A case is presented of a 26 year-old male patient who had visual impairment in the right eye 2 days after a dental procedure was performed. Six months later he had a complete restoration of the previous visual acuity, despite the fact that he had not received any treatment. Several ways have been proposed in the literature that may explain the appearance of ocular complications following these kinds of procedures. In this case, inadvertent intravenous injection is believed to have been the cause.
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Anestesia Local , Transtornos da Visão , Adulto , Anestésicos Locais/efeitos adversos , Cegueira , Diplopia/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Transtornos da Visão/etiologiaRESUMO
The use of intra-oral local anaesthetics for dental procedures is a widely extended practice that may cause side effects. As such, in rare cases it may cause ocular complications such as diplopia, ptosis, blurry vision, miosis, vision loss, or amaurosis. (Most of them are transient, recovering after several hours or days). A case is presented of a 26 year-old male patient who had visual impairment in the right eye 2 days after a dental procedure was performed. Six months later he had a complete restoration of the previous visual acuity, despite the fact that he had not received any treatment. Several ways have been proposed in the literature that may explain the appearance of ocular complications following these kinds of procedures. In this case, inadvertent intravenous injection is believed to have been the cause.