Conjunctival changes associated with inflammatory disease of the bowel.
Three patterns of conjunctival change are associated with chronic inflammatory bowel disease: granulomatous; papillary hypertrophy with fibrovascular membrane formation; pyoblepharo-conjunctivitis with eosinophilic microabscesses. Immune factors play a part in their causation.
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013256:Steroids