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KMID : 0880520060420030223
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Chonnam Medical Journal
2006 Volume.42 No. 3 p.223 ~ p.226
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A Case of Peripheral Corneal Ulceration Associated with Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Jeong Tae-Sun
Oh Mei-Hua
Yoon Kyung-Chul
Park Yeoung-Geol
Lee Min-Cheol
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Abstract
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We report a case of unilateral peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with autoimmune hapatitis. A 55-year-old woman was admitted due to pain of the left eye. She had history of autoimmune hepatitis and steroid-induced glaucoma. Ocular examination showed an epithelial defect stained with fluorescein, stromal melting, and ciliary injection in the superonasal limbus of the left eye. Tests for antinuclear antibody, anti-smooth muscle antibody, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, and anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid antibody were positive. The special stain and cultures for micro-organisms from the corneal lesion were negative. She was treated with topical and systemic steroids. Three months after treatment, the peripheral corneal lesion was healed completely.
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KEYWORD
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Autoimmune hepatitis, Peripheral corneal ulceration
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