W P Riono1, A A Hidayat, N A Rao. 1. A.R. Irvine Ocular Pathology Laboratories of the Doheny Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: By a clinicopathologic study, to evaluate the histopathologic features associated with various causes of scleritis. DESIGN: Retrospective observational case series. PARTICIPANTS: Enucleated globes or biopsy specimens obtained from 55 cases of clinically diagnosed necrotizing scleritis. METHODS: On the basis of their histologic appearance, these cases were divided into four morphologic groups: (1) zonal necrotizing granulomatous scleral inflammation; (2) nonzonal diffuse scleral inflammation, with or without granulomatous process; (3) necrotizing inflammation with microabscesses, with or without evidence of micro-organisms in the section studied; and (4) sarcoidal granulomatous inflammation. The clinical charts were reviewed for the presence of any associated disease. RESULTS: There were 14 (25.4%) cases in the first group; 12 had clinical evidence of systemic autoimmune diseases, including 8 cases of rheumatoid arthritis and 1 each of polychondritis, Goodpasture syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, and collagen vascular disease; of the remaining 2 cases, 1 patient had a history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and the other had no history of any systemic autoimmune or infectious disease. None of the 19 (34.5%) patients characteristic of group 2 had any history of systemic autoimmune or infectious disease. Eleven of the 21 (38.2%) patients in group 3 had infections, including Pseudomonas spp., gram-positive cocci, Haemophilus spp., Actinomyces spp., and fungi; in the 10 remaining cases, no micro-organisms could be detected. The one case in group 4 was diagnosed as sarcoidosis. CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of their histologic features, rheumatoid scleritis and related systemic autoimmune-mediated necrotizing scleral inflammations could be differentiated from either idiopathic or infectious scleritis; however, the histologic features of rheumatoid scleritis were similar to those of necrotizing scleritis associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases.
OBJECTIVE: By a clinicopathologic study, to evaluate the histopathologic features associated with various causes of scleritis. DESIGN: Retrospective observational case series. PARTICIPANTS: Enucleated globes or biopsy specimens obtained from 55 cases of clinically diagnosed necrotizing scleritis. METHODS: On the basis of their histologic appearance, these cases were divided into four morphologic groups: (1) zonal necrotizing granulomatous scleral inflammation; (2) nonzonal diffuse scleral inflammation, with or without granulomatous process; (3) necrotizing inflammation with microabscesses, with or without evidence of micro-organisms in the section studied; and (4) sarcoidal granulomatous inflammation. The clinical charts were reviewed for the presence of any associated disease. RESULTS: There were 14 (25.4%) cases in the first group; 12 had clinical evidence of systemic autoimmune diseases, including 8 cases of rheumatoid arthritis and 1 each of polychondritis, Goodpasture syndrome, Wegener granulomatosis, and collagen vascular disease; of the remaining 2 cases, 1 patient had a history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and the other had no history of any systemic autoimmune or infectious disease. None of the 19 (34.5%) patients characteristic of group 2 had any history of systemic autoimmune or infectious disease. Eleven of the 21 (38.2%) patients in group 3 had infections, including Pseudomonas spp., gram-positive cocci, Haemophilus spp., Actinomyces spp., and fungi; in the 10 remaining cases, no micro-organisms could be detected. The one case in group 4 was diagnosed as sarcoidosis. CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of their histologic features, rheumatoid scleritis and related systemic autoimmune-mediated necrotizing scleral inflammations could be differentiated from either idiopathic or infectious scleritis; however, the histologic features of rheumatoid scleritis were similar to those of necrotizing scleritis associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases.
Authors: Ashleigh L Levison; Careen Y Lowder; Kimberly M Baynes; Peter K Kaiser; Sunil K Srivastava Journal: Int Ophthalmol Date: 2015-11-23 Impact factor: 2.031
Authors: Ethan H Tittler; Pho Nguyen; Kelly S Rue; Daniel V Vasconcelos-Santos; Jonathan C Song; John A Irvine; Ronald E Smith; Narsing A Rao; Samuel C Yiu Journal: J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect Date: 2012-02-22