Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and uveitis"

Abstract Number: 2112 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Anti-TNFα Versus Rituximab in Refractory Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Associated to Rheumatic Diseases. Multicenter Study of 24 Patients
Lucia C. Domínguez-Casas¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Olga Maiz-Alonso², Ana Blanco³, Emma Beltran⁴, Lucía Martínez Acosta⁵, Maria Concepcion Alvarez de Buergo⁶, Esteban Rubio-Romero⁷, David Diaz-Valle⁸, R López-González⁹, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹⁰, Antonio Juan Mas¹¹, Enar Pons¹, Rosalia Demetrio¹², Nuria Vegas-Revenga¹, José Luis Martín-Varillas¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Carlos Fernández-Díaz¹, Jose L. Hernández¹³, Miguel Angel González-Gay¹ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastian. Spain, Donostia, Spain, ³Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastian. Spain, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Ophtalmology, Hospital Peset. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Río Carrión. Palencia. Spain, Palencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Sevilla. Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Zamora. Spain, Zamora, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital de Toledo. Toledo. Spain, Toledo, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llàtzer. Palma de Mallorca. Spain, Mallorca, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ¹³Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) is a severe inflammation of the outer portions of the cornea that may lead to perforation. It may be associated…