Bilateral Mooren´s ulcer

Úlcera de Mooren bilateral

Objegtive: to describe the case of one man with bilateral Mooren´s ulcer diagnosed at Hospital de San José. Methodology: review and analysis of clinical record. Results: the patient is a 21-year old man with no systemic antecedents, he is a butcher and presented with a 2-day history of: red eye, photophobia and increased tears on left eye and burn sensation in right eye. He refers six similar episodes in the last six months. Medical examination revealed peripheral corneal ulcers located between meridians 9:00 and 11:00 in the right eye and between 1:00 and a:00 in the left eye; ulcers were: elongated, sinuous, elevated, infiltrative, excavated and partially compromised the overlying epithelium. Diagnosis was: bilateral Mooren´s ulcers. Treatment with topical prednisone, cyclosporine, diclofenac, lubricants, collagenase inhibitors and therapeutic contact lenses was initiated. Lab work-up and internal medicine consultation ruled out associated systemic disease. Further lab work-up including total lymphocyte, CD2, CD4 and CD8 lymphocyte count, determination of C3, C4, total serum IgA, and cysticercoids antibodies and serial stool examination was requested. Conglusions: we report this case for this condition rarely occurs in our setting and for being of academic interest. The diagnosis was clinical, and biological/ microscopic features of this condition are highlighted.

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