Table 3.

Classification Criteria for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-associated Chronic Anterior Uveitis

Criteria 1. Evidence of anterior uveitis  a. anterior chamber cells  b. if anterior vitreous cells are present, severity is less than anterior chamber inflammation AND 2. Chronic anterior uveitis or, if at initial diagnosis, uveitis is of insidious onset and asymptomatic/ minimally symptomatic AND 3. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis of the following subtypes*  a. Oligoarthritis, persistent or extended, OR  b. Rheumatoid factor negative polyarthritis, OR  c. Juvenile psoriatic arthritis, other than psoriatic spondylitis

Exclusions 1. Enthesitis-related arthritis 2. Positive serologic test for syphilis using a treponemal test 3. Evidence of sarcoidosis (either bilateral hilar adenopathy on chest imaging or tissue biopsy demonstrating non-caseating granulomata) or other granulomatous disease (e.g. familial juvenile systemic granulomatosis)19-22 4. Aqueous specimen PCR positive for cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, or varicella zoster virus†

^*See Table 1.

^†PCR = polymerase chain reaction.