Terrien's marginal degeneration associated with erythema elevatum diutinum.

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.

• Authors: J Shimazaki, H Y Yang, S Shimmura, K Tsubota
• Journal: Cornea (Cornea) Vol. 17 Issue 3 Pg. 342-4 (May 1998) ISSN: 0277-3740 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9603393 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Sulfasalazine
• Colchicine

Topics

• Adult
• Chronic Disease
• Colchicine (therapeutic use)
• Conjunctiva (pathology)
• Conjunctival Diseases (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Cornea (pathology)
• Corneal Ulcer (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Erythema (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Sulfasalazine (therapeutic use)