Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid masquerading as chronic conjunctivitis: a case report

Joanna DaCostaMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKAbstract: Conjunctivitis is often considered an innocuous condition which is self-limiting. This report describes misdiagnosis of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid as chronic conjunctivitis. Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune condition. Th...

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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:047f2be569734bf6a030c1e1f880e7382021-12-02T00:04:30ZOcular cicatricial pemphigoid masquerading as chronic conjunctivitis: a case report1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/047f2be569734bf6a030c1e1f880e7382012-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/ocular-cicatricial-pemphigoid-masquerading-as-chronic-conjunctivitis-a-a11755https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Joanna DaCostaMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKAbstract: Conjunctivitis is often considered an innocuous condition which is self-limiting. This report describes misdiagnosis of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid as chronic conjunctivitis. Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune condition. The clinical features which are useful to distinguish this condition from infective conjunctivitis are discussed. The investigation and treatment of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is discussed. It is important to recognize nonocular symptoms and signs that may indicate the presence of a more serious underlying pathological condition necessitating specialized ophthalmic referral and subsequent investigation and treatment.Keywords: autoimmune, conjunctivitis, ocular cicatricial pemphigoidDaCosta JDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2012, Iss default, Pp 2093-2095 (2012)
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description	Joanna DaCostaMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKAbstract: Conjunctivitis is often considered an innocuous condition which is self-limiting. This report describes misdiagnosis of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid as chronic conjunctivitis. Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is a rare autoimmune condition. The clinical features which are useful to distinguish this condition from infective conjunctivitis are discussed. The investigation and treatment of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is discussed. It is important to recognize nonocular symptoms and signs that may indicate the presence of a more serious underlying pathological condition necessitating specialized ophthalmic referral and subsequent investigation and treatment.Keywords: autoimmune, conjunctivitis, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
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Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid masquerading as chronic conjunctivitis: a case report

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