title: Pediatric ocular rosacea: 2 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the clinical course of 2 pediatric ocular rosacea cases with a significant delay until diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report 2 interventional case reports. Case 1 is a 10-year-old boy with 2 years of recurrent bilateral blepharitis, repetition chalazion, conjunctival hyperemia, and corneal ulcers, without response to topical antibiotics or topical and systemic steroids. Case 2 is a 9-year-old girl with keratoconjunctivitis and repetition chalazion since she was 2 years old, without improvement after consulting several ophthalmologists and performing several treatments throughout those years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rapid response to systemic erythromycin with marked improvement of both cases within a few weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ocular rosacea is frequently misdiagnosed, particularly in the pediatric population. To our knowledge, this report demonstrates a case with the longest history before diagnosis (7 years) and another case in which a conjunctival biopsy was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. myworld_ana@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ana I M
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Miguel
authors.forename: Manuel B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: Maria S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Guilherme P L
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Castela
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001762:Blepharitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017043:Chalazion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007637:Keratoconjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012393:Rosacea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004917:Erythromycin