10.6084/m9.figshare.5720230.v1
Hande Celiker
Hande
Celiker
Ebru Toker
Ebru
Toker
Tulin Ergun
Tulin
Ergun
Leyla Cinel
Leyla
Cinel
An unusual presentation of ocular rosacea
SciELO journals
2017
Rosacea/diagnosis
Rosacea/complications
Rosacea/drug therapy
Diagnosis, differential
Pemphigoid, benign mucous membrane
Eye diseases/diagnosis
2017-12-20 03:02:17
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/An_unusual_presentation_of_ocular_rosacea/5720230
<div><p>ABSTRACT 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.</p></div>