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Scleromalacia perforans: a rare and sight-threatening complication of chronic erythema nodosum leprosum.
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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Case of isolated scleromalacia perforans with seropositivity for rheumatoid arthritis.
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Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Scleromalacia perforans, or necrotising anterior scleritis, is a rare and severe form of eye disease that usually occurs in patients suffering from long-standing systemic inflammatory diseases, with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) being the most common. Here, we report the case of a patient who presented with redness of the eye and discolouration of the sclera and was diagnosed with scleromalacia perforans without any further extraophthalmic systemic involvement. Serological workup revealed highly positive cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody (CCP-IgG/anticitrullinated protein antibodies) and positive rheumatoid factor, serologies commonly associated with RA.
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Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, 3º. andar, sala 3105, São Paulo, SP, 01246-903, Brazil.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect different organs beyond the joints. Ocular involvement includes keratoconjunctivitis sicca, peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK), episcleritis, scleritis, anterior uveitis, and corneal impairment. The most severe form of scleritis, scleromalacia perforans, is an aggressive ophthalmic manifestation that can potentially lead to blindness, usually occurring in late stages of disease.
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While episcleritis is a benign disease only affecting the episclera, scleritis is an ocular inflammation with typically severe pain and not rarely affecting adjacent tissue.Scleritis is classified into anterior and posterior forms. Anterior scleritis is further subdivided into diffuse, nodular, necrotizing with inflammation, and necrotizing scleritis without inflammation (scleromalacia perforans).
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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Purpose: To report patient characteristics and factors associated with poor visual acuity and abnormal intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with scleritis in the American Academy of Ophthalmology's IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight).
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Participants: Patients in the IRIS Registry with at least 3 office visits associated with an International Classification of Diseases scleritis code from 2013 through 2019.
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