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Case Report

Rheumatoid polyarthritis suspected in an HIV patient with scleritis, peripheral ulcerative keratitis, and anterior uveitis

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Pages 19-24 | Published online: 04 Feb 2016

Figures & data

Figure 1 Right eye lesion before treatment with sulfasalazine.

Notes: White arrows show superior scleral node with mild perilesional inflammation and a quiet anterior chamber. Absence of epithelial defects (staining with fluorescein).
Figure 1 Right eye lesion before treatment with sulfasalazine.

Figure 2 Left eye before treatment with sulfasalazine (use of fluorescein).

Note: White arrows show temporal corneal thickening and infiltrate (staining with fluorescein) associated with adjacent limbal infiltrate.
Figure 2 Left eye before treatment with sulfasalazine (use of fluorescein).

Figure 3 Left eye lesion 1 month after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.

Notes: White arrows show persistence of the temporal thinning of the cornea associated with a mild degeneration of the temporal conjunctiva. Disappearance of the infiltrate around the limbus.
Figure 3 Left eye lesion 1 month after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.

Figure 4 Right eye 8 months after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.

Note: The white arrow shows no reoccurrence of the scleritis in the superior quadrant.
Figure 4 Right eye 8 months after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.

Figure 5 Left eye 8 months after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.

Note: White arrows show persistence of the temporal degeneration of the conjunctiva around the limbus that is growing on the cornea.
Figure 5 Left eye 8 months after initiating the treatment with sulfasalazine.