Pediatric ocular rosacea, a misdiagnosed disease with high morbidity: Proposed diagnostic criteria

Table 3 Proposed diagnostic criteria of Coimbra for pediatric ocular rosacea

Chronic or recurrent1 keratoconjunctivitis and/or red eye and/or photophobia

Chronic or recurrent1 blepharitis and/or hordeola/chalazia

Eyelid telangiectasia documented by an ophthalmologist

Primary features of pediatric rosacea (facial convex areas with chronic flushing and/or erythema and/or telangiectasia, and/or papule, pustules in cheeks, chin, nose or central forehead and/or primary periorificial dermatitis)

Positive familial history of cutaneous and/or ocular rosacea

Diagnosis: ≥ 3 criteria;

¹Chronic (≥ 2 mo); Recurrent (≥ 3 episodes lasting > 4 wk in 12 mo).