TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral anterior uveitis and interstitial nephritis
AU - Rosenbaum, James T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Accepted for publication Feb. 17, 1988. From the Departments of Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Cell Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon. This study was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant EY06484. Dr. Rosenbaum received a Dolly Green Scholar Award from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. Reprint requests to James T. Rosenbaum, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, L329A, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201.
PY - 1988/5/15
Y1 - 1988/5/15
N2 - Five patients had bilateral anterior uveitis associated with renal disease. Interstitial nephritis was histologically confirmed in three cases. Fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain, weight loss, and anemia were common systemic complaints or findings. In each case, the uveitis was anterior, eventually bilateral, and associated with minimal visual impairment. Complications of the uveitis included increased intraocular pressure, synechiae, keratic precipitates, macular edema, and intraretinal hemorrhage as well as cells in the anterior vitreous humor and an exudate over the pars plana. Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoid, and syphilis were excluded as diagnoses that could explain the association of renal and uveal disease.
AB - Five patients had bilateral anterior uveitis associated with renal disease. Interstitial nephritis was histologically confirmed in three cases. Fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain, weight loss, and anemia were common systemic complaints or findings. In each case, the uveitis was anterior, eventually bilateral, and associated with minimal visual impairment. Complications of the uveitis included increased intraocular pressure, synechiae, keratic precipitates, macular edema, and intraretinal hemorrhage as well as cells in the anterior vitreous humor and an exudate over the pars plana. Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoid, and syphilis were excluded as diagnoses that could explain the association of renal and uveal disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(88)90247-4
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(88)90247-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 3369519
AN - SCOPUS:0023901689
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 105
SP - 534
EP - 537
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -