Inflammatory Terrien's marginal corneal disease.

We studied 13 patients with Terrien's marginal degeneration of the cornea. Six of these 13 patients had recurrent, disabling, episodic inflammation that was the most dominant feature of the disease. Severe pain and an associated episcleritis or superficial scleritis was present in all the patients during these attacks. These findings suggested that an inflammatory spectrum of Terrien's disease may exist.