|
NR 10-12/2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cytologia impresyjna
w zespole suchego oka w przebiegu wybranych chorób
reumatologicznych
Impression cytology in
patients with dry eye syndrome and various rheumatic diseases
Monika Oziębło-Kupczyk1,
Dorota Średzińska-Kita1, Karol Kita2,
Małgorzata Mrugacz1
1 Klinika Okulistyki Dziecięcej Akademii Medycznej w
Białymstoku
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. n. med. Alina Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
2 Klinika Reumatologii Akademii Medycznej w
Białymstoku
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. n. med. Stanisław Sierakowski |
|
|
| Summary: |
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. |
| Słowa kluczowe: |
cytologia impresyjna,
zespół suchego oka, choroby reumatologiczne. |
| Key words: |
impression cytology, dry
eye syndrome, rheumatic diseases. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
