PURPOSE To introduce autologous tragal perichondrium transplantation as a novel surgical modality for the management of intractable symptomatic bullous keratopathy. METHODS In three eyes of three patients with painful bullous keratopathy, autologous tragal perichondria were transplanted on the corneal surface with the human amniotic membrane transplanted above. We included an additional three...

PURPOSE To describe in vivo confocal microscopy findings in patients with different stages of amiodarone-induced keratopathy, and correlate biomicroscopy stages with confocal stages. METHODS Twenty eyes of 10 patients (6 men and 4 women), who receive treatment with amiodarone were selected for the study with confocal microscopy (MC). RESULTS The average age was 58 +/- 6.2 years (50-66 years...

Seven cases with posterior polymorphous changes of the cornea are reported. After clinical and pathological examination of the above cases, as well as a short review of the literature, the following points are made: (1) Some cases are congenital, being either familial or sporadic, but others are acquired. (2) The term "posterior polymorphous keratopathy" covers all the variants of the condition...

ber, similar to fungi. Recently, microsporidia have been phylogenetically shown to be fungi, and their tissue behavior akin to that of fungi would be expected. Our patient had clinical features of herpetic viral endotheliitis at the initial visit, which improved initially with antiviral treatment. There is a possibility that the patient may have had viral keratitis initially and then became sec...

The association of various personal, occupational, and environmental factors with climatic droplet keratopathy and pterygium was examined in a group of Australian Aborigines. Climatic droplet keratopathy was seen especially in aboriginal males who had worked as stockmen for more than 20 years. Although no definite association with a single causal factor could be made, there is circumstantial ev...

PURPOSE To describe a bilateral, central, oval corneal opacity not resembling any known corneal degeneration or dystrophy. METHODS Ophthalmic examination, corneal topography, and pachymetry. RESULTS A 30-year-old woman presented complaining of blurred vision. Biomicroscopic examination revealed bilateral, centrally located, oval, diffuse opacification of the anterior corneal stroma. Corneal...

We studied the influence of lgh-linked genes on the development of keratopathy after corneal inoculation with herpes simplex virus (HSV). Using congenic strains of mice, we found that the lgh-1 gene locus, or genes closely linked to it, influence the clinical expression of HSV infection. Mice with the lgh-1e or lgh-1d allotype routinely developed severe keratopathy after HSV corneal inoculation...

CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man with bilateral idiopathic lipid keratopathy underwent a penetrating keratoplasty in the left eye. One month later, there was deep corneal neovascularisation extending across the bed and the graft-host interface, with a whitish opacity surrounding the vessels. Topical bevacizumab (25mg/mL) was administered 4 times daily for 2 months with partial regression of cornea...