Rheumatology

Cornea and External Disease

Questions discussed in this category

How would you approach the management of dry corneal melt in a patient requiring high dose systemic steroids and no apparent underlying systemic autoimmune disease?

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In patients with sicca symptoms and positive SSA/SSB how often do you perform other diagnostic testing such as salivary gland ultrasound, biopsy, Shirmers, ocular staining, stimulated salivary flow, etc?

Is the diagnosis of Sjogren's mostly clinical in a patient with a consistent history and physical with positive serologies?

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How would you treat corneal melt (in the absence of peripheral arthritis) in rheumatoid arthritis?

What immunosuppression and dosing do you typically use?

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Papers discussed in this category

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Oct 26

2016 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: A Consensus and Data-Driven Methodology Involving Three International Patient Cohorts.

Arthritis care & research, 2017 Oct 09

Subjective and Objective Measures of Dryness Symptoms in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Capturing the Discrepancy.

The Journal of rheumatology, 2021 May 01

Correlation Between Subjective and Objective Severity of Oral and Ocular Dryness in Primary Sjögren Syndrome.

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