Corneal Staining in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Abstract
AMONG the various ocular abnormalities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus corneal changes have rarely been mentioned.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Together with other eye findings, however, they form an important part of the clinical picture of this disease.Materials and MethodsTwenty-four patients hospitalized at the National Institutes of Health were given thorough ocular examinations, including slit-lamp biomicroscopy, binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy with pupils dilated, tonography and perimetry. After instillation of a drop from a fluorescein-impregnated filter paper strip‡ moistened with physiologic saline solution, the cornea was inspected with the Haag–Streit biomicroscope (magnification twenty-five times with a cobalt-blue filter in front of the light . . .

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