Abstract Number: 017 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Potential Uveitic Biomarkers in Tears of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Pilot Study
Background/Purpose: Children diagnosed with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the most commonly diagnosed subset of chronic arthritis, are at increased risk of developing uveitis. Known…Abstract Number: 065 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Relationship Between Arthritis and Uveitis Disease Activity in Children with JIA
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled uveitis can lead to visual complications in 50% of children with JIA associated uveitis (JIA-U). While arthritis and uveitis are not considered to…Abstract Number: 068 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Outcomes of Children with Uveitis Associated with Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV)
Background/Purpose: Pediatric uveitis is commonly associated with rheumatic disease and can lead to sight-threatening complications if not properly treated. Systemic immunomodulatory therapy has dramatically changed…Abstract Number: 119 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Laser Flare Photometery in the Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic as a Screening Tool for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in childhood, affecting 1 to 22 per 100,000 children. JIA-associated uveitis is known…Abstract Number: 125 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Measurable Outcomes of an Ophthalmology and Rheumatology Coordinated Care Clinic
Background/Purpose: Non-infectious pediatric uveitis is a vision threatening disease whose treatment involves both ophthalmologists and rheumatologists.In other diseases necessitating multidisciplinary care, coordinated care clinics have…Abstract Number: 132 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Quality Improvement Lessons in a New Practice
Background/Purpose: Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) have better disease outcomes with current medications available, yet there is variability in these outcomes. Quality improvement (QI)…Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2022
Combined Orbital and Cranial Vessel Wall MRI for Diagnosis and Longitudinal Monitoring of Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: In giant cell arteritis (GCA), there is a critical need to identify patients at risk for vision loss ("ocular GCA"). MRI evaluates neurovascular anatomy…Abstract Number: 1709 • ACR Convergence 2022
Role of Corneal Langerhans Dendritic Cells in Lupus Keratitis
Background/Purpose: Patients with lupus and other systemic autoimmune diseases develop ocular surface inflammation that is sometimes severe and debilitating. Pathogenesis of autoimmune keratitis remains unclear.…Abstract Number: 1837 • ACR Convergence 2022
Eales Disease and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome: Not Everything Is Anterior Uveitis in Rheumatology
Background/Purpose: Ocular inflammatory involvement for being closely related to systemic autoimmune diseases is monitored and treated in our rheumatology visits. The most frequently studied by…Abstract Number: 1849 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics of Patients with Primary Retinal Vasculitis at a Tertiary Referral Center
Background/Purpose: Primary retinal vasculitis (PRV) refers to inflammation in the retinal vasculature without any infectious etiology, systemic disease association, or concomitant ocular disease. PRV is…Abstract Number: 2201 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Economic Burden of Uveitis Among Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis – a Retrospective Study Using Claims Data, 2009-2022
Background/Purpose: Uveitis occurs more frequently in patients (pts) with psoriatic disease than in the general population,1-2 yet little is known about the increased burden associated…Abstract Number: 0346 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Eye Screening Compliance in Patients Taking Hydroxychloroquine in a Community Hospital Setting
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a medication used in most patients with systematic lupus erythematous (SLE). It is generally a safe; however, it can cause retinal…Abstract Number: 0373 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Uveitis Related to Spondylarthritis (SpA-U)- Development of a Prognostic Outcome Score in Patients with SpA-U
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the most frequent extra-articular manifestation of spondylarthritis (SpA), characterized by a sudden onset, often unilateral, anterior and recurrent and may be the…Abstract Number: 0385 • ACR Convergence 2022
T Cell Receptor Sequencing Identifies Two Classes of T Cells Enriched in HLA-B27-associated Inflammation
Background/Purpose: HLA-B27 is genetically linked to Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and anterior uveitis (AU), an inflammatory ocular disease that can lead to cataract, glaucoma, and permanent…Abstract Number: 0473 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comprehensive Assessment of Cranial and Orbital Vasculature on MRI in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Vessel wall MRI depicts changes consistent with arterial wall inflammation. Unlike temporal artery biopsy, MRI visualizes several full-length cranial arteries in a single scan…