Changes in the ocular muscles in progressive scleroderma
Egerer, I.; Fanta, D.
Klinische Monatsblatter für Augenheilkunde 168(02): 216-220
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2165 PMID: 957544 Document Number: 100080
One patient out of 13 with generalized scleroderma displayed related changes of ocular motility. Histologic examination of the external ocular muscles of one of our patients who had died, revealed a massive increase of the interstitial collagen, and various stages of muscular degeneration. These changes correspond closely with the histopathological findings in the myocardium.