title: Ocular rosacea can mimic trachoma: a case of cicatrizing conjunctivitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the case of a patient with upper eyelid chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis and entropion, presumably secondary to ocular rosacea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and review of medical literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient has a history of chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis since 1999. Despite an extensive workup for other possible causes, the patient's known history of acne rosacea is the most substantive explanation for her ocular disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis affecting mainly the upper eyelids, previously thought to be unique to trachoma, can be associated with ocular rosacea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Zac B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Ravage
authors.forename: Adam P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Marian S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Macsai
authors.forename: Steven S T
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ching
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004774:Entropion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012393:Rosacea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014141:Trachoma / Q000175:diagnosis*