PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. H. West
AU  - A. J. Barnett
TI  - Ocular involvement in scleroderma.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.63.12.845
DP  - 1979 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 845--847
VI  - 63
IP  - 12
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/63/12/845.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/63/12/845.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1979 Dec 01; 63
AB  - Thirty-eight patients with scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis) without renal failure were subjected to detailed clinical ophthalmic assessment. Abnormalities were frequent. However, many of these, including lens opacities, vitreous frosting, and arteriosclerotic changes, were considered to be age-related, and there were various incidental changes. Posterior subcapsular lens opacities in one patient were probably corticosteroid-induced. Changes related to scleroderma included eyelid abnormalities (stiffness or tightness in 11, telangiectasia in 8), deficient tear secretion (14 cases), and conjunctival abnormalities (injection 19 cases, vascular sludging 27 cases). Iris light reflux (6 cases) was possibly related to scleroderma. The changes related to scleroderma occurred in the 3 types classified according to the extent of skin involvement.