Table 6 Foster (1986), Mondino (1987), and Tauber (1992) systems for mucous membrane pemphigoid with ocular involvement

Characteristics

Foster stages

I

Subconjunctival scarring and fibrosis

II

Fornix foreshortening of any degree

III

Presence of symblepharon, any degree

IV

Ankyloblepharon, frozen globe

Mondino stages

I

0–25% loss of inferior fornix depth

II

25–50% loss of inferior fornix depth

III

50–75% loss of inferior fornix depth

IV

75–100% loss of inferior fornix depth

Tauber Staging System (1992).

I

Subconjunctival scarring and fibrosis

II

a

0–25% loss of inferior fornix depth

b

25–50% loss of inferior fornix depth

c

50–75% loss of inferior fornix depth

d

75–100% loss of inferior fornix depth

III

a

0–25% horizontal involvement of symblephara

b

25–50% horizontal involvement of symblephara

c

50–75% horizontal involvement of symblephara

d

75–100% horizontal involvement of symblephara

n

Number of symblephara countable

IV

Ankyloblepharon, frozen globe