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Table 2 Ocular complications of EB reported in previous case series

From: A review of scoring systems for ocular involvement in chronic cutaneous bullous diseases

Gans (1988)

Lin et al. (1994)

Tong et al. (1999)

Fine et al. (2004)

Corneal erosions

Corneal abrasion

Corneal abrasion, pannus or scar

Corneal erosions or blisters

Corneal scar

Corneal scar

Corneal scar

–

Pannus

–

Eyelid blister

Eyelid blister

–

–

Blepharitis

–

–

Blepharitis

–

Ectropion

Eyelid ectropion/entropion

Ectropion

–

Symblepharon

Symblepharon

Symblepharon

–

Eyelid scar

–

–

–

Conjunctival blister

Conjunctival blister

–

 

–

Punctate keratitis

–

–

–

–

Lacrimal gland obstruction

–

–

–

Impaired vision

–

–

–

Blindness

  1. Data from: Gans LA. Eye lesions of epidermolysis bullosa. Clinical features, management, and prognosis. Arch Dermatol. 1988;124:762–764.; Lin AN, Murphy F, Brodie SE, Carter DM. Review of ophthalmic findings in 204 patients with epidermolysis bullosa. Am J Ophthalmol. 1994;118:384–390.; Tong L, Hodgkins PR, Denyer J, Brosnahan D, Harper J, Russell-Eggitt I, et al. The eye in epidermolysis bullosa. Br J Ophthalmol. 1999;83:323–326.; Fine JD, Johnson LB, Weiner M, Stein A, Cash S, Deleoz J, et al. Eye involvement in inherited epidermolysis bullosa: experience of the National Epidermolysis Bullosa Registry. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004;138:254–262