Chonnam Med J.
2006 Dec;42(3):223-226.
A Case of Peripheral Corneal Ulceration Associated with Autoimmune Hepatitis
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Gwangju, Korea. kcyoon@chonnam.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Gwangju, Korea.
Abstract
- We report a case of unilateral peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with autoimmune hapatitis. A 55-year-old woman was admitted due to pain of the left eye. She had history of autoimmune hepatitis and steroid-induced glaucoma. Ocular examination showed an epithelial defect stained with fluorescein, stromal melting, and ciliary injection in the superonasal limbus of the left eye. Tests for antinuclear antibody, anti-smooth muscle antibody, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, and anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid antibody were positive. The special stain and cultures for micro-organisms from the corneal lesion were negative. She was treated with topical and systemic steroids. Three months after treatment, the peripheral corneal lesion was healed completely.
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