Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Department of Ophthalmology, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Case Report
Assessment of Uveitis and Complications by Ultrasound in
Comparison with Optical Coherence Tomography in Psoriatic Arthritis using Etanercept
Author(s): Jose Alexandre Mendonca*, Vanessa Felix Nascimento Coelho, Heitor Santos Nogueira, Livia Garcia Biselli and Luciana Bertoldi Nucci
Introduction: Ocular Ultrasonography (US) can be an important dynamic method in evaluating the inflammatory
process of the vitreous humor and its complications in patients with arthritis.
Objectives: To detect uveal changes as well as complications by B-mode US and compare them with Optical
Coherence Tomography (OCT) in a patient with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) using a soluble anti-Tumor Necrosis
Factor (TNF) receptor.
Case presentation: This clinical case included a 64-year-old Caucasian female patient diagnosed with PsA. The
patient reported that her visual acuity worsened 3 years ago, with tearing, a sensation of sand, ocular pain, with
redness, bilaterally, using methotrexate and etanercept for 18 months. Biometry was used for ophthalmological
clinical assessment, US with a 12 MHz high-frequency li.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9570.23.14.964