An unusual presentation of ocular rosacea
| Autor: | Leyla Cinel, Hande Celiker, Ebru Toker, Tulin Ergun |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Celiker, Hande, Toker, Ebru, Ergun, Tulin, Cinel, Leyla |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
differential Rosacea/diagnosis genetic structures Cicatrizing conjunctivitis Ocular rosacea Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid Diagnosis differential CLASSIFICATION Eye diseases/diagnosis lcsh:Ophthalmology Diagnosis Medicine benign mucous membrane Pemphigoid benign mucous membrane Skin manifestations business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Dermatology eye diseases Ophthalmology Rosacea lcsh:RE1-994 Rosacea/drug therapy sense organs Differential diagnosis Presentation (obstetrics) Rosacea/complications business Pemphigoid Progressive disease |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, Vol 80, Iss 6, Pp 396-398 |
| ISSN: | 1678-2925 |
| Popis: | Rosacea is a chronic, progressive disease of unknown cause affecting the eye and the facial skin. Ocular rosacea is often underdiagnosed if the ophthalmologist does not inspect the patient’s face adequately during the ocular examination. Severe ocular complications and blindness can occur if the treatment is delayed because of non-diagnosis of the rosacea. Here, we present a case of ocular rosacea in a 78-year-old Caucasian woman. Based on the ocular lesions, which preceded cutaneous involvement, she was misdiagnosed as having ocular cicatricial pemphigoid initially. This case emphasizes the difficulty in diagnosis when ocular findings precede those of skin manifestations, and rosacea should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis. |
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