1. Bilateral Scleromalacia Perforans in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Soulayman Ajdakar, Yassine Elghani, Ibtissam Hajji, Mariam Chekhchar, Abdeljalil Moutaouakil, and Abdelouahed Arfaja
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,food and beverages ,Inflammation ,medicine.disease ,Ulcerative colitis ,Dermatology ,Pathogenesis ,Immune system ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Vasculitis ,Chicken Pox ,business ,Scleritis - Abstract
Scleromalacia perforans is a type of anterior necrotizing scleritis without inflammation resulting in progressive scleral thinning. This rare severe form of scleritis can be attributed to vasculitis, which may be a result of immune complex-mediated pathogenesis. Scleromalacia perforans can be idiopathic or secondary to other autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, vasculitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
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- 2017
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