Allister Gibbons, Thomas E Johnson, Sara T Wester, Astrid E Gonzalez, Charles C Farias, Carolina Betancurt, Guillermo Amescua, Victor L Perez
PURPOSE: To describe the outcomes and medical management necessary to achieve successful lid surgery in patients with biopsy-confirmed and presumed mucous membrane pemphigoid. DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional case series. METHODS: We included patients with positive biopsy results and cases with a typical clinical active bilateral presentation with negative biopsy results but classic features. We identified 11 operated eyes of 7 patients with lid malposition resulting from mucous membrane pemphigoid, particularly cicatricial entropion, that required surgical correction...
May 2015: American Journal of Ophthalmology