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Scleritis is typically a non-infectious granulomatous inflammatory process. It may be found in conjunction with systemic disease, more commonly in those patients with necrotising anterior scleritis.1,2 We describe a patient with posterior scleritis and polymyalgia rhematica. This association has not previously been reported.
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Simmons, I., Kritzinger, E. & Murray, P. Posterior scleritis and polymyalgia rheumatica. Eye 11, 727–728 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1997.185
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