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1Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Lutheran Medical Center, USA.
Purpose:
To describe an unusual case of cicatrizing conjunctivitis.
Methods And Results:
A 59 year old male presented in July 1997 with a complaint of intermittent redness and discharge of the right eye. Medical history was significant for a buccal mucosal lesion biopsy taken two years earlier that revealed subepidermal fibrosis. Conjunctival biopsy, performed to rule out ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, yielded a diagnosis of linear IgA dermatosis, an unusual diagnosis not often considered by ophthalmologists.
Conclusions:
The diagnosis of cicatrizing conjunctivitis is often overlooked. Its importance as it pertains to the life threatening disease of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is clear.
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