Chorioretinitis as a complication of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus

Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffin Medical School at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-7002, USA.

Published: August 2005

A girl with pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis developed bilateral uveitis complicated by cataract and glaucoma. Sequential fundus photography documented development of extensive choroidal scarring and retinal pigment epithelial atrophy in the left macula. Vision was not impaired. This case suggests uveitis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis can be associated with chorioretinitis.

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