Abstract
Scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) can present as isolated conditions or as part of a systemic inflammatory or infectious disorder. Both are serious ocular conditions that can result in vision loss and require early diagnosis and treatment. Nearly two thirds of patients with non-infectious scleritis require systemic glucocorticoid therapy and one fourth need a glucocorticoid-sparing agent as well. Essentially all patients with non-infectious PUK require systemic glucocorticoids. A detailed clinical history, thorough physical examination, and thoughtful laboratory evaluations are important in the exclusion of underlying disorders and extraocular involvement.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 835-854 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rheumatology
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Galor, A., & Thorne, J. E. (2007). Scleritis and Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, 33(4), 835-854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdc.2007.08.002