Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography to Monitor Disease Progression in Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis.
Aakriti GargJoaquin De RojasPriya MathewsAlbert HazanJames LinDanielle TriefLeejee H SuhPublished in: Case reports in ophthalmological medicine (2018)
We report two cases of peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) imaged with anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). The first patient had prolonged nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, while the second had inflammatory arthritis by laboratory findings without any systemic findings as well as possible concurrent tuberculosis. In both patients, AS-OCT demonstrated corneal thinning at the onset of the disease with improvement six months after initiation of intensive medical therapy. Our cases highlight the need for a multidisciplinary approach and careful monitoring in PUK cases, especially with objective measures such as corneal thickness assessed with AS-OCT.
Keyphrases
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- rheumatoid arthritis
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- peritoneal dialysis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- oxidative stress
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- chemotherapy induced
- stem cells
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- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
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- electronic health record
- smoking cessation
- cataract surgery