Corneal perforation in a premature infant
| Autor: | Henry D. Perry, Eric D. Donnenfeld, Bruce M. Zagelbaum, Alfred J Cossari, Edward M Stroh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Eye disease medicine.medical_treatment Enucleation Infant Premature Diseases Eye Enucleation Corneal Diseases Cornea Corneal Transplantation Corneal Opacity medicine Diseases in Twins Humans Corneal transplantation Rupture Spontaneous business.industry Corneal opacity Hydrophthalmos Infant Newborn Corneal perforation medicine.disease eye diseases Surgery Ophthalmology Buphthalmos medicine.anatomical_structure sense organs business Keratoplasty Penetrating |
| Zdroj: | Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, N.J. : 1995). 11(2) |
| ISSN: | 1081-597X |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Few cases of corneal perforation in a premature infant have been described in the literature. METHODS: Identical twins were born at 30-weeks gestation. One twin developed a corneal epithelial defect, infiltration, and perforation with extrusion of intraocular contents, requiring an emergency penetrating keratoplasty. The second twin developed a progressive corneal opacity, requiring a lamellar keratectomy. RESULTS: After penetrating keratoplasty, the patient developed absolute glaucoma with buphthalmos, leading to enucleation. The twin's lamellar keratectomy specimen proved to be a dermoid. CONCLUSIONS: One must be aware of the danger of the development of spontaneous corneal perforation with extrusion of intraocular contents in premature infants presenting at birth with an epithelial defect. [J Refract Surg. 1995;11:96-98.] |
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