keratoconjunctivitis/edema

OBJECTIVE To report on a case of keratoconjunctivitis with periorbital edema after accidental exposure to undiluted juice of Ecballium elaterium fruit during the ripening season of this plant. METHODS Case report. RESULTS Keratoconjunctivitis with Descemet's membrane folds and superficial upper

A 47-year-old woman with a history of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) 2 years previously for myopia and astigmatism, presented with bilateral loss of vision due to diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) with corneal edema in the context of a pseudomembranous viral keratoconjunctivitis. After intense

OBJECTIVE To report a young child with bilateral keratoconus in the context of vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) who developed bilateral corneal hydrops associated with eye rubbing, and to discuss the pathogenesis and review the pertinent literature. METHODS A seven-year-old girl with VKC and

OBJECTIVE To present a novel technique to control hypersecretion from a transplanted autologous submandibular gland (SMG) in a patient with keratoconjunctivitis sicca. METHODS A 65-year-old man presented with corneal epithelial edema and suspicious ocular surface dysplasia secondary to

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to report on the use of fluid-filled scleral contact lenses (F-ScCL) in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed charts of four patients who had worn F-ScCL (PROSE, Boston Foundation for Sight, Needham Heights, MA)

OBJECTIVE The authors describe a patient with keratoglobus and a history of vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis who acutely developed corneal hydrops and severe microbial keratitis. The infectious keratitis responded poorly to medical management and resulted in enucleation of the

A double-masked, coded trial was undertaken to evaluate the effect of the topical administration of 2% cromolyn sodium eye drops on vernal keratoconjunctivitis in 14 children. One eye of each patient was treated for one year with cromoly, the other eye with placebo. Cromolyn reduced the

Four cases of corneal neovascularisation complicating acute hydrops in keratoconus are presented. Three cases were atopic. In two cases high doses of topical steroids failed to inhibit the neovascular process. The pathogenesis of neovascularisation in this situation is uncertain. Risk factors may be

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical efficacy of subconjunctival injection of clindamycin in the treatment of naturally occurring infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK). METHODS Clinically, out of 81 animals examined, 46 were found to be suffering from IBK of variable severity. The ocular

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the ocular complications and visual loss among patients with severe vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). METHODS Four hundred and thirty-one patients with VKC seen at Ibn Al-Haitham Eye Center were the study group. This is a retrospective

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), caused by certain species D human adenoviruses (Ads), is a highly contagious severe disease involving both the conjunctiva and cornea. The hallmark of this disease is the subepithelial infiltration of leukocytes, which results in corneal opacities that may