THE EYE AND THE SKIN IN ENDOCRINE METABOLIC DISEASES

A. URRETS-ZAVALÍA, JULIO; ESPOSITO E; MONTI R; RUIZ LASCANO ALEJANDRO; CORREA L; SERRA H.M; GRZYBOWSKI A

CLINICS IN DERMATOLOGY

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2016

0738-081X

bstract The eye and skin may offer critical clues to the diagnosis of a varied spectrum of metabolicdiseases from endocrine origin and their different stages of severity, such as diabetes mellitus andGraves disease. On the other hand, such entities may compromise the eye and visual function severely,and awareness of these possible associations is an important step in their diagnosis and management. Alarge number of less common endocrine diseases may also have significant ocular/visual or skininvolvement. Often the etiologic relationship between the endocrine metabolic disease and the ocularcompromise is unknown, but diverse pathogenetic mechanisms may act through a common pathologicpathway producing ocular damage, as occur in diabetic retinopathy. This review emphasizes the ocularand skin manifestations of different metabolic diseases of endocrine origin