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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.
Scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis and with other systemic immune-mediated diseases.
Ophthalmology 1994 July
PURPOSE: Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common systemic immune-mediated condition associated with scleritis. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not scleritis is more severe in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in those without associated disease ("idiopathic scleritis"), or than in patients with other systemic immune-mediated diseases.
METHODS: Patient characteristics, type of scleritis, and ocular complications of 32 patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were compared with those of 74 patients with idiopathic scleritis and with those of 50 patients with scleritis associated with other systemic immune-mediated diseases.
RESULTS: Patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were older (mean age, 60.78; P = 0.0011) and more often had necrotizing scleritis (34%; P = 0.0001), decrease in vision (59%; P = 0.0001), and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (31%; P = 0.0001) than patients with idiopathic scleritis; by contrast, there was no statistical association with sex, bilaterality, anterior uveitis, glaucoma, or cataract. Patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were older (P = 0.0261) and more often had bilateral scleritis (53%; P = 0.0221) than patients with scleritis associated with other systemic immune-mediated diseases; however, there was no statistical association with type of scleritis, sex, decrease in vision, anterior uveitis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, glaucoma, or cataract.
CONCLUSIONS: Scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis is more severe than idiopathic scleritis but is as severe as scleritis associated with other immune-mediated diseases.
METHODS: Patient characteristics, type of scleritis, and ocular complications of 32 patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were compared with those of 74 patients with idiopathic scleritis and with those of 50 patients with scleritis associated with other systemic immune-mediated diseases.
RESULTS: Patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were older (mean age, 60.78; P = 0.0011) and more often had necrotizing scleritis (34%; P = 0.0001), decrease in vision (59%; P = 0.0001), and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (31%; P = 0.0001) than patients with idiopathic scleritis; by contrast, there was no statistical association with sex, bilaterality, anterior uveitis, glaucoma, or cataract. Patients with scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis were older (P = 0.0261) and more often had bilateral scleritis (53%; P = 0.0221) than patients with scleritis associated with other systemic immune-mediated diseases; however, there was no statistical association with type of scleritis, sex, decrease in vision, anterior uveitis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, glaucoma, or cataract.
CONCLUSIONS: Scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis is more severe than idiopathic scleritis but is as severe as scleritis associated with other immune-mediated diseases.
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