An unusual presentation of ocular rosacea

ÇELİKER ATABERK H., Toker E., Ergun T., Cinel L.

ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE OFTALMOLOGIA, cilt.80, sa.6, ss.396-398, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 80 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5935/0004-2749.20170097
  • Dergi Adı: ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE OFTALMOLOGIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.396-398
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rosacea/diagnosis, Rosacea/complications, Rosacea/drug therapy, Diagnosis, differential, Pemphigoid, benign mucous membrane, Eye diseases/diagnosis, CLASSIFICATION
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Rosacea is a chronic, progressive disease of unknown cause affecting the eye and the facial skin. Ocular rosacea is often underdiagnosed if the ophthalmologist does not inspect the patient's face adequately during the ocular examination. Severe ocular complications and blindness can occur if the treatment is delayed because of non-diagnosis of the rosacea. Here, we present a case of ocular rosacea in a 78-year-old Caucasian woman. Based on the ocular lesions, which preceded cutaneous involvement, she was misdiagnosed as having ocular cicatricial pemphigoid initially. This case emphasizes the difficulty in diagnosis when ocular findings precede those of skin manifestations, and rosacea should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis.