Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, chronic autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. Its prominent features are fibrosis, vasculopathy and impaired immune response. Disease can also affect eyes leading to various findings in ophthalmological examination. The objective of this study was to determi...

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Autores principales: Małgorzata Kozikowska, Wojciech Luboń, Eugeniusz Kucharz, Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c61cadf2218c47d2ab566b1ce958520a2021-12-02T19:19:24ZOcular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis0034-62332084-983410.5114/reum.2020.102004https://doaj.org/article/c61cadf2218c47d2ab566b1ce958520a2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.termedia.pl/Ocular-manifestations-in-patients-with-systemic-sclerosis,18,42774,1,1.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/0034-6233https://doaj.org/toc/2084-9834Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, chronic autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. Its prominent features are fibrosis, vasculopathy and impaired immune response. Disease can also affect eyes leading to various findings in ophthalmological examination. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and type of ocular involvement in patients with SSc. A systematic literature review was conducted using electronic databases. A combination of following keywords was used: “systemic sclerosis” and ophthalmology-related search terms, including the keywords “eye”, “ocular” and “ophthalmic”. In conclusion, eyelid and conjunctival abnormalities and dry eye disease are among the most common ocular manifestations of SSc. Their diversity is connected to complexity of the disease.Małgorzata KozikowskaWojciech LubońEugeniusz KucharzEwa Mrukwa-KominekTermedia Publishing Housearticlesystemic sclerosis dry eye disease ocular manifestations eyelid changes.MedicineRENRheumatology, Vol 58, Iss 6, Pp 401-406 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic systemic sclerosis
dry eye disease
ocular manifestations
eyelid changes.
Medicine
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spellingShingle systemic sclerosis
dry eye disease
ocular manifestations
eyelid changes.
Medicine
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Małgorzata Kozikowska
Wojciech Luboń
Eugeniusz Kucharz
Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek
Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
description Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, chronic autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. Its prominent features are fibrosis, vasculopathy and impaired immune response. Disease can also affect eyes leading to various findings in ophthalmological examination. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and type of ocular involvement in patients with SSc. A systematic literature review was conducted using electronic databases. A combination of following keywords was used: “systemic sclerosis” and ophthalmology-related search terms, including the keywords “eye”, “ocular” and “ophthalmic”. In conclusion, eyelid and conjunctival abnormalities and dry eye disease are among the most common ocular manifestations of SSc. Their diversity is connected to complexity of the disease.
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author Małgorzata Kozikowska
Wojciech Luboń
Eugeniusz Kucharz
Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek
author_facet Małgorzata Kozikowska
Wojciech Luboń
Eugeniusz Kucharz
Ewa Mrukwa-Kominek
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title Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
title_short Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
title_full Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
title_fullStr Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
title_sort ocular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis
publisher Termedia Publishing House
publishDate 2020
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