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Objective: To describe the inflammatory ocular manifestations in patients with diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies.
Design: Descriptive study, longitudinal series of cases.
Methods: In patients fulfilling inclusion criteria was carried out a complete ophthalmologic examination. The medical histories were revised. Data were registered in a previously built form.
Results and conclusions: Frequency of uveitis, 37.5%; unilateral, 88.9%; and bilateral, 11.1%; not alternating, 88.9%; recurrence, 77.8%; anterior uveitis, 88.9%; cataracts were the main complication; in most of the patients the inflammation was resolved spontaneously; ocular inflammation usually was present after the beginning of the systemic symptoms. The most frequent spondyloarthropathy was ankylosing spondylitis in 58.3%. In conclusion, this study describes the connection between uveitis and spondyloarthropathies as given in the literature and it represents the first study showing this relationship behavior in Medellín, Colombia.

Carlos Andrés Molina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Docente Postgrado de Oftalmología, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Clínica de Oftalmología San Diego, Medellín, Colombia.

Jorge Hernando Donado, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Profesor Asociado, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Epidemiólogo clínico, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.

Liliana María Vélez, Clínica de Oftalmología San Diego

Médica Oftalmóloga, Clínica de Oftalmología San Diego, Medellín, Colombia.

Natalia Andrea Martínez, Clínica de Oftalmología San Diego

Médica Oftalmóloga Intermédica, Medellín, Colombia.

Ana Isabel Rivera, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Residente de Oftalmología, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.
Molina, C. A., Donado, J. H., Vélez, L. M., Martínez, N. A., & Rivera, A. I. (2007). Uveitis in patients with diagnosis of seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia. Colombia Medica, 38(4), 382–385. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v38i4.523

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