Posterior scleritis is a rare but potentially sight-threatening condition that commonly causes diagnostic confusion due to its variable and perplexing clinical symptoms and signs. We present a case of ...

The term scleritis describes a chronic inflammation that involves the outermost coat and skeleton of the eye. Disease can be isolated to the eye, but in up to half of affected individuals it ...

Rao and colleagues have proposed that there are four histopathological subtypes of necrotizing scleritis: zonal necrotizing granulomatous inflammation (Figure 3a); diffuse or 'nonzonal ...

Inflammation of the sclera (scleritis) and episclera (episcleritis) is also possible but less common. With AS it is more common to see anterior uveitis. Scleritis often requires more aggressive ...

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3 Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 4 Brigham & Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventative Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ...

Extra-articular manifestations, such as vasculitis, pericarditis, scleritis or glomerulonephritis may complicate the management of RA, and were therefore decided to be included in the definition. This ...