Assessment of Central Corneal Thickness in Different Subtypes of Systemic Sclerosis.

Purpose: To compare central corneal thickness between patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

Methods: A total of 53 consecutive patients with systemic sclerosis were enrolled in this study. All subjects were screened for age, gender, classification of disease subtype, autoantibody profile, duration of disease, organ involvement, current treatment, tear break-up time, Schirmer test, and measurement of the central corneal thickness with an ultrasonic pachymeter.

Intraocular pressure in chronic users of low-dose oral corticosteroids for connective tissue disease.

Objective: To investigate the mean intraocular pressure (IOP) of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) on low-dose chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy and compare with control subjects.

Design: Cross-sectional comparative study.

Participants: A total of 86 patients with CTD were grouped according to corticosteroid therapy.