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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762019000200012</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Alteraciones anatomopatológicas en la escleritis anterior nodular necrotizante]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pathological alterations in necrotizing nodular anterior scleritis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sigler Villanueva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Aldo A]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duarte Vilariño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adoración]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delgado Moya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sigler Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jéssica G.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Provincial Docente &#8220;Antonio Luaces Iraola&#8221; Centro Oftalmológico ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciego de Ávila ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000200012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La presencia de la escleritis necrotizante es rara; necesita de un diagnóstico y de un tratamiento oportuno, ya que su curso es rápido, severo y destructivo de la integridad del globo ocular. Se presenta una paciente de 43 años de edad, quien requirió atención oftalmológica al presentar el ojo derecho rojo con intenso dolor. Se le encontraron 3 nódulos en la región antero-inferior escleral. Se le realizó punción-aspiración con aguja fina en los nódulos esclerales y se obtuvo un fragmento de uno de ellos para el corte histológico. En ambas muestras se observó infiltrado inflamatorio de linfocitos y neutrófilos con algunas células plasmáticas. Se le impuso tratamiento con prednisona oral (0,5 mg/kg/día), prednisolona colirio y azatioprina a dosis de 1,5 mg/kg/día. La evolución al mes fue satisfactoria con mejoría gradual de las lesiones. El tratamiento se mantuvo por 3 meses con chequeos hematológicos reiterados. Se disminuyeron posteriormente las dosis medicamentosas hasta su eliminación a los 6 meses. La curación de las lesiones fue total. No se encontró enfermedad sistémica en el chequeo clínico efectuado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The presence of necrotizing scleritis is rare; it needs a diagnosis and an opportune treatment, since its course is fast, severe and destructive of the integrity of the eyeball. We present a 43-year-old patient who required ophthalmological attention when presenting the red right eye with intense pain. Three nodules were found in the antero-inferior scleral region. Fine needle aspiration was performed on the scleral nodules and a fragment of one of them was obtained for the histological section. In both samples, inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and neutrophils with some plasma cells was observed. He was prescribed treatment with oral prednisone (0.5 mg /kg/day), prednisolone eye drops and azathioprine at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg/day. The evolution to the month was satisfactory with gradual improvement of the lesions. The treatment was maintained for 3 months with repeated blood tests. Drug doses were subsequently reduced until their elimination at 6 months. The healing of the injuries was total. No systemic disease was found during the clinical check-up.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Escleritis necrotizante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[escleritis nodular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[punción aspiración con aguja fina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Necrotizing scleritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nodular scleritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[puncture aspiration with fine needle]]></kwd>
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