How is the uveitis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis unique?
Unlike patients with almost all other causes of anterior uveitis, JIA patients with anterior uveitis (15% of all JIA patients) are usually asymptomatic and can have a normal appearing eye. Consequently, complications of uveitis may develop before the inflammation is detected; therefore close monitoring is required. Risk factors include young age (<7 years), female sex, ANA positivity, and pauciarticular disease.
