Abstracts tagged "Eye Disorders"

Abstract Number: 0396 • ACR Convergence 2024
Inflammatory Markers of Autoimmune Uveitis in the Eye, Tears and Blood
Maryrose Hahn¹, Madison Mangin², Kellen Winden³, Pui Lee⁴, Mindy Lo², Bharti Nihalani-Gangwani², Yasmin Massoudi⁵, Tate Valerio⁵, Amanda Colombo⁵, Jessica Scott⁶, Stephen Anesi⁶, C. Stephen Foster⁶, Peter Nigrovic⁷, sheila Angeles-Han⁸, Peter Chang⁶ and Margaret Chang², ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Georgetown, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁵Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, MA, ⁶Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune uveitis is an inflammatory disorder of the eye that is associated with significant morbidity, including vision-threatening complications and chronic reliance on immunosuppressive therapies.…
Abstract Number: 2574 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tear Biomarkers for Monitoring Disease Activity and Progression of Noninfectious Chronic Anterior Uveitis in Children
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Ilaria Maccora², Mekibib Altaye³, hermine brunner⁴, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters³, Alyssa Sproles¹, Sherry Thornton⁵, Virginia Miraldi Utz³ and sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Childhood chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) can be idiopathic (iCAU) or associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U). Ocular complications occur in 50% of affected children. …
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2023
Therapeutic Approaches and Predictive Factors of Relapse in Severe Ocular Involvement in Behçet’s Disease: A Multicentre Retrospective Study
Audrey Hermant¹, Yann Nguyen², Fleur Cohen³, Antoine Baudet⁴, Alban DEROUX⁵, Vincent Poindron⁶, Cécile-Audrey Durel⁷, Nicolas Girszyn⁸, Noémie Le Gouellec⁹, Benedicte Rouviere¹⁰, Helder Gil¹¹, Francois Maurier¹², Nicolas Noel¹³, Loic Raffray¹⁴, Hubert De Boysson¹⁵, Benoit Faucher¹⁶, Bertrand Godeau¹⁷, Pierre Lozach¹⁸, Claude Bachmeyer¹⁹, Alice Berezne⁴, Gilles Blaison²⁰, Brice Castel²¹, Guillaume Gondran²², Matthieu Groh²³, Stéphane Giorgiutti²⁴, Jeremy Keraen²⁵, Julie Magnant²⁶, Sebastien Monnier²⁷, Philippe Blanche²⁸, Dominique Monnet²⁹, Antoine Brezin²⁹ and Benjamin Terrier³⁰, ¹Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, France., Montmorency, France, ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁴CH Annecy, Annecy, France, ⁵CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, ⁶Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁷CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁸Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁹CH Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ¹⁰CHU Brest, Brest, France, ¹¹CHU Besancon, Besançon, France, ¹²CH Metz, Metz, France, ¹³CHU Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ¹⁴CHU la Réunion, La Réunion, France, ¹⁵CHU Caen, Caen, France, ¹⁶CHU Marseille, Marseille, France, ¹⁷CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ¹⁸CH Le Mans, Le Mans, France, ¹⁹CHU Tenon, Paris, France, ²⁰Hôpital Louis PASTEUR, Colmar, France, ²¹CH Tarbes, Tarbes, France, ²²CHU Limoges, Limoges, France, ²³National Referral Center for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (CEREO), Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, ²⁴CHRU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²⁵CH Quimper, Quimper, France, ²⁶CHU Tours, Tours, France, ²⁷CH Versailles, Versailles, France, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁹CHU Cochin, Paris, France, ³⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The management of severe ocular involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) is an important issue with major functional implications due to the risk of blindness.…
Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Posterior Uveitis in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients with Vitreous Cells Without Any Other Posterior Involvement
Didar Ucar¹, Basak Ecem Bircan², Nigar Rustamli², Bilge Batu Oto¹, Vedat Hamuryudan³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³ and Gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: A considerable number of patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) have vitreous cells (VC) on slit lamp examination at the time of diagnosis. However, the…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Treatment with Adalimumab, Infliximab and Certolizumab in Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema Due to Behçet Disease
Nuria Barroso-Garcia¹, Jose Luis Martin-Varillas², Lara Sanchez-Bilbao³, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴, Vanesa Calvo Río⁵, Alfredo Adán⁶, Inés Hernanz-Rodriguez⁷, Emma Beltran-Catalan⁸, David Diaz-Valle⁹, Marisa Hernandez-Garfella¹⁰, Lucia Martinez-Costa¹¹, Manuel Diaz-Llopis¹², Jose M Herreras¹³, Olga Maiz-Alonso¹⁴, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹⁵, Antonio Atanes Sandoval¹⁶, Santos Insua-Vilariño¹⁷, Raquel Almodovar¹⁸, Patricia Fanlo-Mateo¹⁹, Juan Ramon De Dios²⁰, Angel Garcia-Aparicio²¹, Sergio rodriguez-Montero²², Vega Jovani²³, Patricia Moya²⁴, Eva Peña Sainz-Pardo²⁵, Jose Luis Hernandez²⁶ and Ricardo Blanco²⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁶Oftalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario General Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ¹¹Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹³Ophthalmology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ¹⁴University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC)., A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago Compostela, Spain, ¹⁸Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²⁰Osakidetza, Vitoria, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ²⁴Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Pediatric, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Cystoid macular edema (CME) is the leading cause of blindness in non-infectious uveitis. One of the most frequently associated conditions is Behçet's disease (BD)…
Abstract Number: 0136 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinal Toxicity Associated with Long-term Hydroxychloroquine Use
Sophie Do, Jennifer Du, Jaejin An, Jim Wang and Antony Lin, Kaiser SCAL, Fontana, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is commonly used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases. The medication is generally well-tolerated. However, long-term use after 5 years may…
Abstract Number: 1915 • ACR Convergence 2023
Scleritis and Development of Autoimmune Disease: A Case Series
Tessalyn Morrison¹, Moriah Gottman², Marcia Friedman³ and Daniela Ghetie⁴, ¹University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Milwaukie, OR, ³Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Beaverton, OR, ⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Scleritis involves inflammation of the sclera caused by trauma, infections, or autoimmune conditions. The purpose of our study was to understand the relationship between…
Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2023
Understanding the Economic Impact of Autoimmune Eye Disease in the United States
Krati Chauhan¹, Steven Scaife² and Michael Buhnerkempe¹, ¹Southern Illinois University - School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, ²Southen Illinois University - School of Medicine., Springfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Eye involvement is an important cause of morbidity in rheumatology patients. Inflammatory eye diseases include conditions like scleritis, uveitis, retinitis and orbital inflammation. The…
Abstract Number: 2042 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intraocular Cytokine Profiling of Autoimmune Uveitis
Maryrose Hahn¹, Madison Mangin², Marc Todd¹, Pui Lee¹, Mindy Lo¹, Bharti Gangwani³, Ankoor Shah³, Amanda Colombo⁴, Jessica Scott⁴, Stephen Anesi⁴, C. Stephen Foster⁴, Peter Chang⁴, Peter Nigrovic² and Margaret Chang², ¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune uveitis is an inflammatory disorder of the eye that is associated with significant morbidity, including vision-threatening complications and chronic reliance on immunosuppressive therapies.…
Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient, Disease, and Treatment Factors in Remission of Inflammatory Eye Disease
Taylor Koenig¹, David Fell¹, Danny Mammo¹, Chao Zhang², Sunil Srivastava¹, Careen Lowder¹, Sumit Sharma¹ and Rula Hajj-Ali¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Noninfectious inflammatory eye disease (NIIED) is a sight-threatening condition with two-thirds of patients incurring prolonged vision loss due to uncontrolled ocular inflammation. Non-glucocorticoid systemic…
Abstract Number: 2045 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment Response in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients with Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV)
Ilaria Maccora¹, Arjun Sood², Grant Schulert³, Alexandra Duell³, Preston Land⁴, Cameron C Sapp², Jennifer Huggins³, Tiffany Nguyen², Megan Quilan-Waters³, Sumit Sharma⁵, Sunil Srivastava² and Sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ²Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Pediatric uveitis often requires systemic immunomodulatory therapy (IMT) to prevent sight-threatening complications. Autosomal dominant neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV) is a rare autoimmune condition caused…
Abstract Number: 0280 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immunosuppression in the Treatment of Susac Syndrome: A Retrospective Evaluation of the Largest Cohort of Susac Syndrome
Adam Brown¹, Robert Rennebohm², Ghulam Abbas Kharal², Devon Conway², Sunil Srivastava³, Sumit Sharma², Careen Lowder², Leonard Calabrese⁴ and Rula Hajj-Ali², ¹Cleveland Clinic Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Susac Syndrome is a rare autoimmune condition causing microvascular occlusions in the brain, retina and inner ear leading to the characteristic triad of encephalopathy,…
Abstract Number: 2054 • ACR Convergence 2023
Superiority of Adalimumab in Treating Childhood Chronic Idiopathic Uveitis: Evidence from a Multicentre Experience
Ilaria Maccora¹, Catherine Guly², Lavinia Sanfilippo³, sara Soldovieri⁴, Cinzia De Libero⁵, Athimalaipet V Ramanan⁶ and Gabriele Simonini⁷, ¹PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ²Ophthalmology Unit, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCC, Florence, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReConnet Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, ⁵Ophthalmology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, ⁶Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReConnet Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence Italy. NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: Childhood Chronic Idiopathic Uveitis (cCIU) is a severe ocular condition that accounts for the 40% of all uveitis in children. Its timely and proper…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of Golimumab Dose Escalation in Pediatric Autoimmunity: A Single Institution Retrospective Experience
Leah Medrano and Alice Hoftman, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: There is limited data on pediatric golimumab dose escalation, with some data available only in the adult literature. The subcutaneous formulation is not approved…
Abstract Number: 2452 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment of Association Between Hydroxychloroquine Use and Toxic Retinopathy, Overall and by Indication, in a Large Cohort of Rheumatology Patients Within the US Department of Defense Military Healthcare System
Rachel Robbins¹, Toni Rush² and Jess Edison³, ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Germantown, MD, ²Health Research Tx, Pace, FL, ³Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences / National Capital Consortium- Walter Reed Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: While generally believed to be a safe, well-established treatment, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use is associated with irreversible retinal toxicity requiring regular monitoring. The objective of…

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