Non-infectious systemic diseases and uveitis

Uveitis call be defined as any Inflammation affecting the uveal tract, although in clinical practice this term includes any intraocular Inflammatory event. The etiology of this inflammation can he related to ail endogenous mechanism in the clinical Course of a systemic disease (sarcoidosis, Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, etc.), or in Isolated ocular entity. Sometimes, ocular inflammation is the initial manifestation of;in undiagnosed systemic disease. Oil the other hand, ocular involvement Could be the main cause of morbidity of the disease, and early diagnosis and treatment Is ail important issue ill order to avoid Irreversible ocular damage. In this article, the authors review some relevant clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic topics related to the most common non-infectious systemic diseases associated With uveitis.