DEEP STROMAL INFLAMMATION - A POSSIBLE NEW OCULAR MANIFESTATION OF CROHNS-DISEASE

Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, is infrequently associ ated with epithelial and subepithelial corneal inflammation. However, deep stromal inflammation has not been described previously in associa tion with Crohn's disease. We report on a 52-year-old male who suffere d from anterior uveitis and deep stromal inflammation. Complete ocular and systemic workup revealed an active asymptomatic Crohn's colitis, no other possible cause for the ocular inflammation was found. We conc lude that deep stromal inflammation, in addition to the previously rep orted corneal epithelial inflammation, may be associated with Crohn's disease.