Ocular involvement must be considered in all GPA patients and referral to an experienced ophthalmologist is mandatory for proper management and improved outcome of such a rare systemic disease. ANA and RF positivity may raise suspicion for KC or uveitis, respectively. There was a remarkable association between uveitis and disease activity.
Background. Diabetes mellitus is a pandemic disease. Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is the most common type. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are disabling chronic complications. The relation between both is not yet well-established in T2DM. Egypt is considered one of the top ten countries regarding the prevalence of diabetes that makes diabetes and its complications a major health problem. This encouraged us to conduct this research. Materials and methods. The study included 79 patients with T2DM divided into two groups according to the presence of retinopathy. Both groups were subdivided according to urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) into normoalbuminuric and albuminuric subgroups. Retinopathy group was further subdivided according to severity of retinopathy into mild, moderate and severe non-proliferative DR (NPDR). Statistical analysis was done and relation between the severity of retinopathy and UACR was studied. Results. Patients with retinopathy had significantly higher diabetes duration and UACR than non retinopathy group. Also in subgroups of normoalbuminuria and albuminuria, retinopathy group was significantly higher regarding the same parameters. On subdividing the retinopathy group according to severity, severe NPDR group had significantly higher UACR. The severity of DR was significantly positively correlated with UACR. Conclusions. The present study identified a significantly positive correlation between early stages of DR and UACR in patients with T2DM in Egypt. Not all cases of DR had DKD especially in early stages and also not all cases of DKD are associated with the presence of DR
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