Journal article
Presumed stromal graft rejection after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
Cornea, Vol.24(2), pp.241-243
03/2005
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000141230.95601.95
PMID: 15725898
Abstract
To demonstrate the development of presumed immune-mediated stromal rejection after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and its reversal after initiation of intensive topical corticosteroid therapy. Observational case report carried out with the approval of the hospital institutional review board. Stromal edema and peripheral vascularization developed 16 months after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus in a 13-year-old girl. After 2 weeks of intensive topical corticosteroids, complete reversal of stromal edema and regression of peripheral vascularization occurred, with full recovery of visual function. The clinical appearance and response to therapy in this case support the diagnosis of immune-mediated stromal rejection. Ophthalmologists should be aware that sight-threatening stromal rejection may occur in lamellar corneal grafts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Presumed stromal graft rejection after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
- Creators
- Abdullah Al-Torbak - Anterior Segment Division, Department of Ophthalmology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. atorbaq@health.net.saMohammad MalakKlaus D TeichmannMichael D Wagoner
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cornea, Vol.24(2), pp.241-243
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.ico.0000141230.95601.95
- PMID
- 15725898
- ISSN
- 0277-3740
- eISSN
- 1536-4798
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2005
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980001202771
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