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Review
. 2023 Feb;120(2):223-236.
doi: 10.1007/s00347-023-01814-8.

[Association of the different forms of uveitis with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their treatment]

[Article in German]
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Review

[Association of the different forms of uveitis with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their treatment]

[Article in German]
Nicole Stübiger et al. Ophthalmologie. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

The etiology of uveitis greatly varies worldwide, whereby in industrial nations noninfectious causes occur relatively more frequently. In Germany, 44% of all cases of uveitis are due to systemic diseases. In rheumatology, uveitis or other kinds of ocular inflammation, such as scleritis or retinal vasculitis, most commonly occur in spondylarthritis, vasculitis and sarcoidosis. Vice versa, ophthalmologists often ask rheumatologists about an underlying rheumatic disease in patients with uveitis. It is of utmost importance to differentiate between the different forms of uveitis. This review article presents the associations with inflammatory rheumatic diseases as well as treatment options from the point of view of both ophthalmologists and rheumatologists.

Die Ätiologie der Uveitiden variiert weltweit sehr stark, wobei die nichtinfektiösen Ursachen in den Industrienationen im Vergleich häufiger vorkommen. Prozentual ergibt sich ein Anteil von Systemerkrankungen bei Uveitiden in Deutschland von ca. 44 %. In der Rheumatologie wird man v. a. bei den Spondyloarthritiden und den Vaskulitiden sowie der Sarkoidose mit einer Uveitis bzw. einer anderweitigen Augenbeteiligung (wie z. B. Skleritis oder retinale Vaskulitis) konfrontiert, umgekehrt haben die Ophthalmologen häufig an die Rheumatologen die Frage nach zugrunde liegenden entzündlich rheumatischen Erkrankungen bei Patienten mit einer Uveitis. Hierbei ist es v. a. wichtig, zwischen den verschiedenen Uveitisformen zu unterscheiden. Diese Übersichtsarbeit stellt die Assoziationen mit entzündlich rheumatischen Erkrankungen und die Therapieoptionen sowohl aus der Sicht von Ophthalmologen als auch von Rheumatologen dar.

Keywords: Etiology; Sarcoidosis; Spondylarthritis; Systemic diseases; Vasculitis.

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