Abstract

OSORIO ILLAS, Lisis et al. Ophthalmologic manifestations in patients with rheumatic diseases in pediatric ages. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2022, vol.35, n.2  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3070.

The diagnosis of rheumatologic diseases in children denotes a great impact for the patient, parents and relatives. One in every 1,000 children could suffer from a rheumatologic disease. Symptoms of the locomotor system are a frequent reason for consultation. Rheumatic diseases produce a large number of systemic manifestations, many of them disabling, including ophthalmologic alterations which appear in a high percentage of cases. In order to be able to diagnose them, it is essential to know them first of all, their early diagnosis allows the appropriate treatment, to avoid complications such as irreversible visual decrease or loss in many cases. In this work an exhaustive automated search was carried out in order to find updated information on the subject and to describe the ocular lesions observed in pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases and early identification of predictive signs of their development.

Keywords : rheumatic diseases; ophthalmologic manifestations; pediatric ages.

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