Dry eyes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Atopic disease
- Blepharitis
- Chemical burn
- Chronic hepatobiliary cirrhosis
- Congenital alacrima
- Dermatomyositis
- Diphtheric keratoconjunctivitis
- Drugs
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- Hypergammaglobulinemia
- Idiopathic
- Interstitial nephritis
- Lacrimal gland ablation
- Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
- Mucocutaneous disorders
- Ocular pemphigoid
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polymyositis
- Postradiation fibrosis of lacrimal glands
- Progressive systemic sclerosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rosacea
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sensory denervation
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Thermal burns
- Thrombocytopenic Pupura
- Topical burns
- Trachoma
- Tumors
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
- Wegener Granulomatosis
References
References
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The content on this page was first contributed by Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]
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