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Terrien's marginal degeneration associated with erythema elevatum diutinum
J Shimazaki1, H Y Yang, S Shimmura
1Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
Cornea
|May 29, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a patient with Terrien's marginal degeneration associated with a chronic skin disease, erythema elevatum diutinum.
Methods:
A 27-year-old woman with peripheral thinning of her left cornea associated with adjacent conjunctival and episcleral inflammation was clinically examined.
Results:
Episodes of worsening skin lesions were associated with development of inflammation in her left eye. Administration of sulfones was effective for reducing both skin and ocular inflammation.
Conclusion:
Erythema elevatum diutinum should be considered an underlying systemic disease of Terrien's marginal degeneration.