Linear IgA dermatosis mimicking ocular cicatricial pemphigoid.
OBJECTIVE
To describe an unusual case of cicatrizing conjunctivitis.


RESULTS
A 59 year old male presented in July 1997 with a complaint of intermittent redness and discharge of the right eye. Medical history was significant for a buccal mucosal lesion biopsy taken two years earlier that revealed subepidermal fibrosis. Conjunctival biopsy, performed to rule out ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, yielded a diagnosis of linear IgA dermatosis, an unusual diagnosis not often considered by ophthalmologists.


CONCLUSIONS
The diagnosis of cicatrizing conjunctivitis is often overlooked. Its importance as it pertains to the life threatening disease of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is clear.
Lazzaro
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Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Lutheran Medical Center, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*
D007070:Immunoglobulin A