Etiological Diagnosis of Uveitis: Contribution of the of the Extra-Ophthalmological Clinical Examination.

Purpose: Determining uveitis etiology is a challenge. It is based primarily on demographic data and the characteristics of eye examination. It is not clear to what extent extraocular physical signs contribute to elucidating the etiology.

Mortality and Associated Causes in Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Multiple-Cause-of-Death Analysis in France.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe hyperinflammatory syndrome with an overall mortality rate of 40%. A multiple-cause-of-death analysis allows for the characterization of mortality and associated causes over an extended period. Death certificates, collected between 2000 and 2016 by the French Epidemiological Centre for the Medical Causes of Death (CepiDC, Inserm), containing the ICD10 codes for HLH (D76.

IgA Vasculitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A French Multicenter Case Series Including 12 Patients.

Objective: The worldwide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination campaign triggered several autoimmune diseases. We hereby aimed to describe IgA vasculitis (IgAV) following COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods: We conducted a national, multicenter, retrospective study in France of new-onset adult IgAV diagnosis following COVID-19 vaccination.

Challenging Mimickers in the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis: A Case Study.

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause characterized by a wide variety of presentations. Its diagnosis is based on three major criteria: a clinical presentation compatible with sarcoidosis, the presence of non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation in one or more tissue samples, and the exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous disease. Many conditions may mimic a sarcoid-like granulomatous reaction.

Uveitis: Autoimmunity… and beyond.

Objective: Uveitis is the most common ophthalmological finding in the practice of rheumatology and clinical immunology. The condition is frequently idiopathic but about 60 causes of uveitis have been described. Our aim was to analyze the clinical patterns and etiologies of uveitis in a tertiary referral center.

Uveitis of Unknown Etiology: Clinical and Outcome features. A Retrospective Analysis of 355 Patients.

: Despite the huge advance in diagnostic technics, about one-third of uveitis is still considered of unknown etiology. In this study, we aimed to report their clinical features and to describe how a diagnosis has been finally reached for some patients.: We retrospectively reviewed all patients with uveitis referred to our tertiary center between 2002 and 2016.