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M. Mirković ,
M. Mirković

Clinic for eye diseases, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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V. Jakšiċ ,
V. Jakšiċ

Clinic for eye diseases, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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D. Vukša ,
D. Vukša

Clinic for eye diseases, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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D. Stamenković ,
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Clinic for eye diseases, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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S. Bulajić ,
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Clinic for eye diseases, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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Z. Petković ,
Z. Petković

Internal clinic, Medical faculty Priština , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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Health Center Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovska Mitrovica , Kosovo*

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Published: 01.01.2011.

Volume 39, Issue 1 (2011)

pp. 131-134;

https://doi.org/10.70949/pramed201101389M

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic multisistemic disease of an unknown cause characterised by persistens inflammatory synovitis which results in destruction cartilage and bone erosions. RA is a systemic disease with various out of joint manifestations of different clinical importance, among which rheumatoid knots, rheumatoid vasculitis, pleuropulmonal and ophthalmological manifestations are the most prominent ones. The most frequent changes of the eye in patients with RA are keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), episcleritis and scleritis and ulcerous keratitis. Out of 70 examined patients, 52 (74.3%) are female, and 18 (25.7%) of male sex (ratio 4:1), average age 56.47. In 18 (25.71%) RA diseased patients eye changes found are as folows: secondary Sjögren syndrom, that is keratoconjunctvitis sicca in 18.57%, only in female patients, episcleritis nodosa and scleritis in 4.29%; 2.86% in male and 1.43% female patients and ulcerous keratitis in 2.86% RA diseased patients. 

Keywords

rheumatoid arthritis,

ocular manifestations,

screening

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