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Clinical profile of patients with anterior nodular scleritis in India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Purpose: To report the clinical profile of a series of anterior nodular scleritis in Indian population. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of medical records of 140 eyes of 123 consecutive patients with nodular scleritis who presented to a ...
Gazal Patnaik, Sridharan Sudharshan, Amala E George, Sudha K Ganesh, Jyotirmay Biswas, Parthopratim Dutta Majumder   +5 more
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Management of noninfectious scleritis

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2022
Scleritis is a manifestation of inflammatory eye disease that involves the sclera. It can be divided into multiple subtypes, including diffuse anterior, nodular anterior, necrotizing, and posterior scleritis. In many cases, scleritis is restricted to the
Ahmad Abdel-Aty, Akash Gupta, Lucian Del Priore, Ninani Kombo   +3 more
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Tuberculous scleritis in a young Asian Indian girl—a case presentation and literature review

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2019
Scleritis is the severe painful inflammation of the sclera, which can be infectious or non-infectious. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the common causes of infectious scleritis. TB, though endemic in countries like India, is rare in pediatric age group.
Lagan Paul, Manisha Agarwal, Shalini Singh, Prashant Katre, Aman Sumeet Arora   +4 more
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Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of infectious uveitis and scleritis in the United States: A claims-based analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundOcular inflammation causes significant visual morbidity in the United States, yet little is known about the epidemiology of infectious uveitis and scleritis. This study aims to evaluate the epidemiology of infectious uveitis/scleritis employing
Youning Zhang, Sarina Amin, Khristina I Lung, Seth Seabury, Narsing Rao, Brian C Toy   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Conjunctival and Scleral Necrosis Following Anterior Sub‐Tenon Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection in a Pediatric Patient [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT The sub‐Tenon route for injecting triamcinolone acetonide is one of the widely practiced surgical techniques for postoperative inflammation control, but complicated conjunctival and scleral necrosis are rare occurrences. A 3‐year‐old boy underwent bilateral cataract surgery and an anterior sub‐tendon injection of triamcinolone (AST) (20 mg ...
Amir M, Mateen M, Aslam B, Rahman S, Bibi F, El Abdi K, Sadat S.   +6 more
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Optic atrophy, necrotizing anterior scleritis and keratitis presenting in association with Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: a case report [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction We report a case of optic atrophy, necrotizing anterior scleritis and keratitis presenting in a patient with Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome.
Konstantinos I Papageorgiou, Alexander S Ioannidis, Petros S Andreou, Ajay J Sinha   +3 more
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Scleritis and episcleritis in patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Purpose: To report the prevalence of scleritis and episcleritis in patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy (SFN). Methods: The Mass General Brigham (MGB) hospital database was queried for patients with SFN, scleritis and episcleritis using ...
Atitaya Apivatthakakul, Renee Liu, Marez Megalla, Daniel A. Brill, Lucia Sobrin   +4 more
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive scleritis: Clinical profile of patients from a tuberculosis-endemic region

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018
Purpose: To report the clinical profile of a series of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated scleritis in Indian population. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of medical records of 33 eyes of 26 consecutive patients with ...
Parthopratim Dutta Majumder, Sridharan Sudharshan, Amala Elizabeth George, Sudha K Ganesh, Jyotirmay Biswas   +4 more
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What is the incidence and clinical significance of dry eye disease in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of ocular immune‐related adverse events

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed cancer therapy but may cause immune‐related adverse events (irAEs), including dry eye disease (DED). This study aimed to quantify the incidence of ICI‐associated DED and to evaluate factors contributing to variability across studies.
Kai‐Yang Chen, Hoi‐Chun Chan, Chi‐Ming Chan   +2 more
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The haplotypes of various TNF related genes associated with scleritis in Chinese Han

Human Genomics, 2020
Background Several studies have stated that TNF-α participates in the pathogenesis of scleritis, but also in several systemic autoimmune diseases and vasculitis, of which some are associated with scleritis.
Yingnan Gao, Liping Du, Fuzhen Li, Jiadong Ding, Geng Li, Qingfeng Cao, Na Li, Guannan Su, Aize Kijlstra, Peizeng Yang   +9 more
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