Atopic dermatitis is one of the commoner dermatoses of children, adolescents and young aduIt. Atopic persons manifest (1) a high degree of allergic hypersensitivity with the developmmt of atopic reagins in the blood. (2) an exaggerated reaction to various forms of physical and ernotional stress. (3) a favorable symptomatic response to steroidal therapy. (4) an exaggerated reaction to infection with the virus of vaccinia and herpes simplex and (5) an abnormal physiologic response in the skin and the superficial vascular network to physical agents and the acetylcholine. The relation of atopic dermatitis (neurodermatitis disseminata) to various manifestations of ocular disease has been well documented: in the ophthalmologic literature. Cataract formation, re tinal detachment and keratoconjunctivitis have been noted most often. and keratoconus and atopic uveitis are apparently uncommon. Frequency of occurrence of atopic cataract and keratoconjunctivitis was evaluated clinically in 117 patients suppering from atopic dermatitis who were visited to out-patient clinic of dermatology of Eul-Ji Geaeral Hospital during the years 1980 to 1981. A distinctive form of ocular cataract, as a significant complication of atopic dermatitis in the years of adolescence and young adult life, was found in 7 of 117 patients with atopic dermatitis.
Acetylcholine ; Adolescent ; Cataract* ; Child ; Dermatitis, Atopic* ; Dermatology ; Herpes Simplex ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Keratoconjunctivitis ; Keratoconus ; Meals ; Outpatients ; Reagins ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Uveitis ; Vaccinia ; Young Adult