Unusual presentation of necrotic nodular scleritis.
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Unusual presentation of necrotic nodular scleritis.
Holthouse (I893) described painful ulceration in an apparent nodule of episcleritis, with resulting perforation of the globe (Duke-Elder, 1938). According to Francois (I95I), the case reported was not one of episcleritis but the represented first description of necrotic nodular scleritis. Watson (I966) states that the sclera is rarely involved in episcleritis. All forms of necrotizing scleritis...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.55.11.781