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Autoimmune Keratitis

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Uveitis and Immunological Disorders

Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology ((ESSENTIALS))

5.6 Conclusions

Autoimmune keratitis can present with a number of clinical profiles and with a number of underlying autoimmune systemic diseases. Autoimmune keratitis should be suspected in all cases of unexplained stromal ulceration and should be closely monitored for rate of progression if autoimmune keratitis is identified. Rapidly progressive ulcerative disease needs prompt and appropriate immunosuppression.

Most patients with collagen vascular stromal ulceration have a long history of disease. However, the general ophthalmologist may be presented with a patient with ocular symptoms and signs that represent the initial onset of a collagen vascular disease.

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Gottsch, J.D. (2007). Autoimmune Keratitis. In: Pleyer, U., Foster, C.S. (eds) Uveitis and Immunological Disorders. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30798-3_5

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