SCLERITES ET EPISCLERITES EN MEDECINE INTERNE UNE SERIE DE 40 OBSERVATIONS

Purpose :To evaluate demographic characteristics, clinical features, systemic disease associations, visual outcomes, and treatment modalities of patients with episcleritis and scleritis in an internal medicine departement Methods :Data from 17 patients with episcleritis and from 23 patients with scleritis followed from 2010 to 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. The main outcome measures were demographics, ocular disease characteristics, presence of systemic associated disease, and treatment regimen. Results :Episcleritis and scleritis were found bilaterally in 62.5 % patients.The episcleritis was diffuse in 11 and focal in 06 patients, while the scleritis was diffuse in 5, nodular in 10, necrotizing in 1, and posterior in 7 patients. An associated systemic disease was found in 27.5%. Conclusion :The importance of differentiating scleritis from episcleritis is remarkable given the significant difference in the degree of ocular complications and associated systemic diseases between these ocular conditions