Atypical Nodular Keratitis

Guttate or Nodular Keratitis

by Groenoeuw, who found hyaline deposits. Another observer found sodium urate. Captain Whitmore, i.m.s., to whom I am indebted for examining scrapings, did not find urate of sodium, nor did he get any growth on blood serum. It would appear to be due to some general agent as both eyes are always affected and it is a " family disease." In neither case was Bowman's membrane raised over the patches...

Atypical contact lens-related keratitis

A case report of atypical nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis

RATIONAL Nodular cutaneous lupus mucinosis is regarded as a distinctive cutaneous mucinosis deposition with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). All typical cases occurred as asymptomatic cutaneous papules, nodules, or plaques on the trunk, upper and lower extremities, and face. Histopathology is mainly revealed abundant mucin deposits among splayed collagen bundles in the dermis. At the same tim...

A Case of Atypical Acanthamoeba Keratitis with Cruciate Stromal Infiltration

Purpose: To report a case of atypical Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) with cruciate stromal infiltration, which was successfully treated. Case report: A 16-year-old woman with a history of intermittent soft contact lens wear was referred to our eye center. At presentation, her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 3/20 in the right eye. Slit lamp examination showed irregular epithelial infiltrati...

An uncommon ocular manifestation of Sweet syndrome: peripheral ulcerative keratitis and nodular scleritis.

Sweet syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) is characterized by fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, and abrupt appearance of painful erythematous nodules and plaques, particularly on the face, neck, and limbs. In this study, we report a very rare case of Sweet syndrome in which the patient presented nodular scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis during the dermatologically inact...