Eyelids and Anterior Segment:                   Case Three

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Figure 1

Figure 2

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This 75 year old woman with a long-standing history of rheumatoid arthritis presented to the eye casualty with a sudden onset loss of her right vision. On examination, her visual acuity was light perception in the right eye and 6/18 in the left. The slit-lamp appearance of the right eye is shown in Figure 1 & 2.

a. What is the diagnosis?

b. Is corneal graft useful in this patient?

c. What other ocular complications may occur in patient with
    rheumatoid arthritis?
 

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