title: [Corneal chrysiasis. Gold salt deposits in the cornea in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. An analysis with confocal microscopy].
abstract: METHODS
  A 60-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis of 20 years onset, on treatment with monthly intramuscular gold salts (GS) for the last 7 years. She complained of suffering from halo vision, and the examination showed a visual acuity of 0.6 in both eyes (BE). The slit lamp showed some deposits in the stroma with scattered golden granulated, without any further inflammatory reaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GS deposits are dose-dependent and reversible, although very slowly. In this article, we introduce, for the first time, evidence of deposits of GS in all layers of the cornea, predominantly in the corneal stroma and in the endothelium.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. esbueso@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos-Bueso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed-Wasfy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sáenz-Francés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil-de-Bernabé
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez-de-la-Casa
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Benítez-del-Castillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Feijoo
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003315:Cornea / Q000378:metabolism; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold / Q000378:metabolism; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate; D006046:Gold