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Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica
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4/2006
vol. 108
 
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Original paper

Impression cytology in patients with dry eye syndrome and various rheumatic diseases

Monika Oziębło-Kupczyk
1
,
Dorota Średzińska-Kita
1
,
Karol Kita
2
,
Małgorzata Mrugacz
1

  1. Klinika Okulistyki Dziecięcej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku
  2. Klinika Reumatologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku
Online publish date: 2006/12/21
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Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytological changes of bulbar conjunctiva in patients with various rheumatic diseases and dry eye syndrome.

Material and methods
60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic scleroderma (SScl), primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and dry eye syndrome were studied. The ocular examination consisted of Schirmer I, break- up time of tear film (BUT), fluorescein and lissamine green staining and impression cytology of bulbar conjunctiva.

Results and conclusions
The morphological alternations of bulbar conjunctiva seen in impression cytology specimens correlated with clinical signs of dry eye syndrome.

keywords:

impression cytology, dry eye syndrome, rheumatic diseases

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