Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid

ABSTRACT

The author describes herein a case who presented with deterioration of vision, chronic conjunctivitis and scarring, symblephera formation, obliteration of lacrimal puncti and inferior fornices. To the author's best knowledge, this is the first case of OCP to be reported from Bahrain. Cases of OCP can easily be missed in our part of the world where chronic trachoma is prevalent. The author emphasises the importance of early diagnosis and management of this blinding disorder