title: Peripheral keratitis associated with erythema elevatum diutinum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of peripheral keratitis associated with erythema elevatum diutinum (EED), an unusual immune-complex-mediated cutaneous vasculitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 25-year-old man who was diagnosed 15 months previously with erythema elevatum diutinum presented with an inflammatory peripheral keratitis of the left eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serologic investigations for systemic disorders associated with vasculitic peripheral ulcerative keratitis were unremarkable. As the sclerokeratitis was thought to represent an ocular extension of the patient's cutaneous vasculitis, dapsone therapy was initiated and resulted in a rapid response of both the cutaneous and the ocular inflammation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Erythema elevatum diutinum should be included in the differential diagnosis of vasculitic peripheral keratitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco/Francis I Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, California, USA. aldave@jsei.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Aldave
authors.forename: Judy L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Sayed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jovkar
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: McLeod
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004890:Erythema / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D003622:Dapsone