TY - JOUR AU - Molina, Carlos Andrés AU - Donado, Jorge Hernando AU - Vélez, Liliana María AU - Martínez, Natalia Andrea AU - Rivera, Ana Isabel PY - 2007/12/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Uveitis in patients with diagnosis of seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia. JF - Colombia Medica JA - Colomb Med VL - 38 IS - 4 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.25100/cm.v38i4.523 UR - https://colombiamedica.univalle.edu.co/index.php/comedica/article/view/523 SP - 382-385 AB - <span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Objective:</strong> </span>To describe the inflammatory ocular manifestations in patients with diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies.<br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Design:</span></strong> Descriptive study, longitudinal series of cases. <br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Methods: </span></strong>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.<br /> <strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Results and conclusions:</span> </strong>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. ER -