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A Description of the Pathological Features of Rheumatoid Corneal Melt Strategies

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Micheal O Rourke and Conor Murphy

A 34 year old woman with a 20 year history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presented with a 1 day history of blurred vision in her right eye. Three years earlier she had developed a corneal melt, which had stabilised with a combination of lubricants, topical cyclosporine and a short course of oral prednisolone, and was regularly monitored. Her arthritis had been quiescent for several years on etanercept. Examination of the right cornea revealed a 3 mm descemetocele – an area of corneal stromal melting characterised by total loss of corneal stroma down to Descemet’s membrane, the basement membrane of the corneal endothelium – that was leakin... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8599.1000161

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