Pellucid marginal degeneration: postponing penetrating keratoplasty for over a decade
| Autor: | Fábio Mendonça Xavier Andrade, Maria Emília Xavier dos Santos Araújo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Pellucid marginal degeneration Transplante de córnea lcsh:Ophthalmology Cornea Ophthalmology medicine Corneal transplantation Relatos de casos Graft rejection medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Acuidade visual Corneal Diseases medicine.disease Corneal topography eye diseases Córnea medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:RE1-994 Topografia da córnea Ectasia Surgery medicine.symptom business Doenças da córnea Wedge resection (lung) |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, Vol 77, Iss 2, Pp 89-91 |
| ISSN: | 0034-7280 |
| DOI: | 10.5935/0034-7280.20180019 |
| Popis: | Pellucid marginal degeneration (PMD) treatment can be challenging in moderate to advanced cases and penetrating keratoplasty should be avoided due to high risk of complications, such as graft rejection. We report a case of a 30-year-old female patient with PMD that was referred to our service with bilateral low visual acuity, worse in her right eye and contact lenses intolerance. We performed a corneal crescentic lamellar wedge resection that resulted in good useful vision and postponed the keratoplasty for eighteen years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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