Dr.Jitender

Dr.Barkha Gupta, Prof.Amit Gupta, Dr. Arun Kumar Jain

Abstract

Methods: We analyzed medical records of the patients presented with acute severe conjunctival inflammation suggestive of OCP in a single tertiary care centre in last one year. Demographic profile, visual acuity, clinical features, foster staging, earlier diagnosis, cicatrizing score, immuno-histochemistry results, surgical intervention done, type of immunosuppressive therapy used, time to remission and relapse were noted.Medical records of 7 patients (<30years of age), who presented with severe conjunctival inflammation and are in advance stage of the disease.
Results: The average age was 21.8+/- 4.8 years. Average BCVA at presentation was in 0.34+/- 0.31 in the right and 0.49+/-0.38 left eye respectively. Average cicatrizing conjunctivitis score was 0.16 +/- 0.55. 8/12 (67%) eyes were noted to be in Foster stage 3 or 4. Five (83.34%) patients reported positive for immuno-histochemistry (linear deposits of IgG, IgA or C3 at BMZ) on either oral mucosal or conjunctival biopsy.