Ocular manifestations in chronic inflammatory rheumatism

Abstract

Objective: To contribute to the study of the characteristics of Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatism (RIC) in Guinea.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: The study was carried out over a period of nine months on patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism and the ocular manifestations.

Results: The study population consisted of 28 patients including 10 men and 18 women, the mean age was 39.07 ± 16.04 years. The different types of rheumatism encountered were: rheumatoid arthritis (n=18), ankylosing spondylitis (n=8) systemic lupus erythematosus (n=1), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (n=1). All patients presented with ocular manifestations (100%): sicca syndrome (n=24), allergic conjunctivitis (n=5), ametropia (n=5), cataract (n=3), anterior uveitis (n=3), episcleritis (n=1), keratitis (n=1) and glaucoma (n=1).

Conclusion: Ocular manifestations during inflammatory rheumatism are frequent, the sicca syndrome was dominant.