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Jairo Alejando Aldana-Bitar

Daniel G. Fernández-Ávila

María Claudia Díaz

Juan Sebastián Gómez

Iván Gabriel Rojas

Julián Peña

Juan Martín Gutiérrez

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Abstract

In this article, is presented the identification and the reviewing of those persons who went to the San Ignacio University Hospital with ocular perforation and rheumatologic disease. We found 5 cases (3 women and 2 men), with diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus. This article presents the cases and review the information available on this complication in autoimmune disease.

Keywords

perforación, ojo, lupus eritematoso sistémico, artritis reumatoide, síndrome de Sjögren, perforation, eye, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome,

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How to Cite
Aldana-Bitar, J. A., Fernández-Ávila, D. G., Díaz, M. C., Gómez, J. S., Rojas, I. G., Peña, J., & Gutiérrez, J. M. (2015). Ocular Perforation and Autoimmune Disease: A Series of Cases at a University Hospital. Universitas Medica, 56(4), 470–479. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.umed56-4.poea
Section
Case Reports

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