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Nodular scleritis and panuveitis with erythema elevatum diutinum
Yoshinori Mitamura1, Osamutarou Fujiwara, Kiyoe Miyanishi
1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan. ymita@sapmed.ac.jp
Purpose:
To report a case of nodular scleritis and panuveitis associated with erythema elevatum diutinum, a rare immunocomplex-mediated skin disease.
Design:
Observational case report.
Methods:
A 22-year-old woman who was diagnosed with erythema elevatum diutinum developed nodular scleritis and panuveitis of the right eye. She had experienced peripheral ulcerative keratitis with corneal perforation.
Results:
All other known causes of nodular scleritis and panuveitis were investigated and ruled out.
Conclusions:
Erythema elevatum diutinum should be considered as an underlying systemic disease associated with nodular scleritis and panuveitis as well as peripheral keratitis.