ABSTRACT

ROSACEA is a common cutaneous disorder thatmay present with a variety of clinical manifestations, including ocular involvement. It is, however, precisely because of such variability in presentation that a set of specific diagnostic criteria has long been elusive. Such pervasive confusion complicates not only clinical diagnosis and eventual choice of treatment modalities, but also research studies and investigations into the pathophysiology of this disease. A relatively recent consensus by a panel of experts established a new classification system based on relatively specific clinical features (Wilkin et al. 2002). Though not without its shortcomings, such a system represents an extremely important advance in rosacea.