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Disease Ontology : DOID:14230 scleromalacia perforans Disease Ontology

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Description  A scleral disease that is characterized by a painless severe necrotizing scleritis where the sclera is white, avascular, and thin. The choroid can become exposed leading to infarction and necrosis of related areas; the sclera can also thin such that the dark uvea protrudes through the front of the eye, forming a staphyloma which has_symptom loss of vision and appearance of a dark bulge. Scleromalacia perforans is usually caused by a rare complication of autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis.

1 Ontology

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Disease Ontology

7 Parents

Identifier Name Description
DOID:7 disease of anatomical entity A disease that manifests in a defined anatomical structure.
DOID:4 disease A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.
DOID:863 nervous system disease A disease of anatomical entity that is located_in the central nervous system or located_in the peripheral nervous system.
DOID:5614 eye disease An eye and adnexa disease that is located_in the eye.
DOID:0050155 sensory system disease A nervous system disease which is located in a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information that consists of sensory receptors, neural pathways, and parts of the brain involved in sensory perception. Commonly recognized sensory systems are those for vision, hearing, somatic sensation (touch), taste and olfaction (smell).
DOID:11343 scleral disease An eye disease that affects the sclera, which is the white fibrous outer layer of the eyeball.
DOID:14230 scleromalacia perforans A scleral disease that is characterized by a painless severe necrotizing scleritis where the sclera is white, avascular, and thin. The choroid can become exposed leading to infarction and necrosis of related areas; the sclera can also thin such that the dark uvea protrudes through the front of the eye, forming a staphyloma which has_symptom loss of vision and appearance of a dark bulge. Scleromalacia perforans is usually caused by a rare complication of autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis.

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is_a DOID:11343 DOID:14230
is_a DOID:7 DOID:14230
is_a DOID:4 DOID:14230
is_a DOID:863 DOID:14230
is_a DOID:5614 DOID:14230
is_a DOID:0050155 DOID:14230

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