Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis:A Descriptive CrossSectional Study from Iraq

The relationship of ocular parameters with clinical parameters and disease‐related quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis: A cross‐sectional study

“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The study of Zina and Faıq reported dry eye more commonly than eyelid skin thickening, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, and telangiectasia. 15 Kreps et al reported increased CT and more frequent dry eye than other ocular findings in patients with SSc. 16 However, a study reported that the CT of these patients was not different from that of healthy controls.…”

“…Among the described ocular findings are telangiectasia, eyelid skin changes, conjunctival changes, shallowing of the fornices, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, eye dryness, pinguecula, uveitis, and peripheral ulcerative keratitis 8‐14 . The study of Zina and Faıq reported dry eye more commonly than eyelid skin thickening, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, and telangiectasia 15 . Kreps et al reported increased CT and more frequent dry eye than other ocular findings in patients with SSc 16 .…”