Scleritis in a person with stiff-person syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of anterior scleritis in a patient with stiff-person syndrome.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 55-year-old woman with stable stiff-person syndrome and off immunomodulatory therapy developed unilateral anterior scleritis, which resolved over three weeks with systemic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors are unaware of reports regarding the association of scleritis with stiff-person syndrome.
Taban
Mehryar
M
Department of Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Langston
Roger H S
RH
Lowder
Careen Y
CY
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D015423:Scleritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome / Q000150:complications*
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D007052:Ibuprofen