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Rose Bengal Test
Aka: Rose Bengal Test
- Indication: Dry Eye evaluation
- Sjogren's Syndrome (Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca)
- Technique
- Performed by ophthalmology
- Instill 1% Rose Bengal dye at both eyes
- Conjunctival staining is quantitatively scored
- Devitalized Cornea and Conjunctiva takes up Rose Bengal stain
- Interpretation
- Stained areas of Conjunctiva suggests Sjogren's Syndrome
- Stain may identify Sjogren's Syndrome prior to symptom development
- References
- Kim (2000) Curr Opin Ophthalmol 11(4): 241-7 [PubMed]