SCLEROMALACIA PERFORANS AS A COMPLICATION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: REPORT OF A CASE AND OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THERAPY
Authors: G T WILLIAMS, J W ROSENTHAL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 October 1959SCLEROMALACIA PERFORANS AS A COMPLICATION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: REPORT OF A CASE AND OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THERAPYGUY T. WILLIAMS, M.D., J. WILLIAM ROSENTHAL, M.D.GUY T. WILLIAMS, M.D., J. WILLIAM ROSENTHAL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-4-801 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis relatively rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis was first reported by van der Hoeve1in a talk given before the Royal Dutch Ophthalmological Society in 1930 which was subsequently published in 1931. After this report there were several other case reports, and in 1938 Verhoeff and King2analyzed 14 previously reported cases, and added another to the literature. In 1952 Anderson and Margolis3reviewed the literature and reported that there were approximately 30 cases of scleral disease, either similar or related in varying degrees to this condition. However, not all of these were associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Some were probably...Bibliography1. van der Hoeve J: Scleromalacia perforans, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk. 75: 4733-4735, 1931. Google Scholar2. VerhoeffKing FHMJ: Scleromalacia perforans; report of a case (with rheumatoid arthritis) in which the eye was examined microscopically, Tr. Sect. Ophth., A. M. A. 20: 1013-1035, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. AndersonMargolis BG: Scleromalacia; clinical and pathological study of a case with consideration of differential diagnosis, relationship of collagen disease and effect of ACTH and cortisone therapy, Am. J. Ophth. 35: 917-931, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. GoarSmith ELLS: Rheumatoid nodules of the eye, J. A. M. A. 148: 889-892, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Mathias DW: Scleromalacia perforans associated with retinitis pigmentosa and rheumatoid arthritis, Am. J. Ophth. 39: 161-166, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Marqvard H: Two sisters with scleromalacia perforans, Acta ophth. 34: 245-249, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. TalkovColpoysDavisPapperFienberg RHFLRKSR: Rheumatoid scleral nodules (scleromalacia perforans) treated with cortisone, Arch. Int. Med. 87: 879-888, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication April 22, 1958.From the Departments of Medicine and Ophthalmology, Tulane University School of Medicine, and the Department of Medicine, Browne-McHardy Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Guy T. Williams, M.D., Browne-McHardy Clinic, 3636 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans 15, Louisiana. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRare Extra-articular Manifestation of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Scleromalacia PerforansChoroidal nodules and retinal detachments in rheumatoid arthritisThe occurrence of valvular and myocardial disease in patients with chronic joint deformityTHE DISADVANTAGES OF THE STEROIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISRheumatism and Arthritis Review of American and English Literature of Recent Years (Fourteenth Rheumatism Review)CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROGER L. BLACK, M.D., CHARLES L. CHRISTIAN, M.D., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD C. FRANKLIN, M.D., DONALD F. HILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH L. HOLLANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD L. HOLLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN G. MAYNE, M.D., WILLIAM M. MIKKELSEN, M.D., CHARLES L. SHORT, M.D., F.A.C.P., HUGH A. SMYTHE, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), OTTO STEINBROCKER, M.D., HOWARD J. WEINBERGER, M.D.Complete Heart Block with Stokes-Adams Syndrome Due to Rheumatoid Heart Disease 1 October 1959Volume 51, Issue 4Page: 801-805KeywordsArthritisOphthalmologyRheumatoid arthritisSalicylatesSteroid therapyUlcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...