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Rev Cub Oftal 2014; 27 (3)

Posterior scleritis: a propos of a case

Ambou FI, Valdés PÁ, de Prada SC, Pérez SL, Carvajal RS

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 497-502
PDF size: 122.79 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The inflammatory diseases of the sclera are uncommon. They involve both the sclera and the episclera and are characterized by chronic nature, pain and potential cause of blindness. Their association with systemic diseases, frequently autoimmune ones, and the occurrence of serious ocular complications lead to applying aggressive systemic therapy with non-steroid antinflammatory drugs, corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents, which can be administered alone or combined. This is a 37 years-old patient who went to the emergency service because he suffered intense ocular pain associated to red eyes, reduction of visual acuity and high ocular pressure values in his right eye. He was finally diagnosed with posterior scleritis.


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