title: Conjunctival Sensation in Scleritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate conjunctival sensation in patients with scleritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with scleritis. Conjunctival sensation was tested by Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer in four quadrants of the bulbar conjunctiva plus the area(s) of active or previously active inflammation; sensation was compared with the contralateral eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 28 patients with scleritis, nine had active scleritis and 19 had inactive scleritis. Eleven patients had a systemic autoimmune condition and five had infectious scleritis. The mean conjunctival sensation score of areas of inactive scleritis was significantly less than that of corresponding normal areas in the contralateral eye (p<0.001). Among patients with presumed herpetic scleritis, conjunctival sensation was significantly lower in the affected eye than in the unaffected eye (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conjunctival sensation is decreased in areas of previously active inflammation from scleritis. Eyes with herpetic scleritis had reduced conjunctival sensation, even in areas without previous active inflammation.
authors.affiliation: a Francis I. Proctor Foundation , University of California , San Francisco , USA.|b Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine , Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand.
authors.forename: Thanapong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Somkijrungroj
authors.affiliation: a Francis I. Proctor Foundation , University of California , San Francisco , USA.
authors.forename: Weeraya
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pimolrat
authors.affiliation: a Francis I. Proctor Foundation , University of California , San Francisco , USA.|c Department of Ophthalmology , University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: a Francis I. Proctor Foundation , University of California , San Francisco , USA.|c Department of Ophthalmology , University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco , California , USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.affiliation: a Francis I. Proctor Foundation , University of California , San Francisco , USA.|c Department of Ophthalmology , University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco , California , USA.|d Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences , Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Todd P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Margolis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000503:physiopathology; D016849:Keratitis, Herpetic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015423:Scleritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer; conjunctival sensation; corneal sensation; scleritis