AIMS To assess retrospectively the prognosis and complications of corneal grafting for congenital opacities. METHODS Fifty eight eyes of infants and young children with congenital corneal opacities were studied retrospectively. Preoperative diagnoses included sclerocornea (27 eyes), Peters' anomaly (17 eyes), partial sclerocornea (12 eyes), and congenital glaucoma (two eyes). Penetrating kera...

Keratoconus is a noninflammatory, usually, bilateral progressive disease. It is a pathology characterized by a progressive thinning and ectasia of the stroma that results in cone-shaped cornea. In advanced keratoconus with corneal opacities, keratoplasty, can be the only surgical alternative for a long time. Recently, new treatment alternatives were developed in keratoconus treatment, such as i...

BACKGROUND As part of the second National Survey of Blindness and Low Vision in the Gambia carried out in 1996, all survey participants were examined for signs of trachoma. The findings were compared with the results of the first survey in 1986, which used the same sampling strategy. METHODS A multistage stratified cluster random sample, with proportional probability sampling, was obtained. S...

PURPOSE COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC KERATECTOMY (PTK) IN TREATMENT CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES VERSUS SUPERFICIAL CORNEAL SCARS: visual outcomes, recurrence rate and safety profile. METHODS PTK was performed in 51 eyes of 51 patients. Data regarding the indications for PTK, ablation depth, symptomatic relief, pre-and postoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA), sphe...

BACKGROUND Optical iridectomy creates a clear entrance pupil, improving vision in patients with segmental corneal opacities. An area of clear peripheral cornea can produce retinal images compatible with good visual acuity. MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of 22 children who underwent optical iridectomy from January 2002 to June 2004 were reviewed retrospectively. The optical iridectomy site ...

We present a 7-year-old patient who was diagnosed with asymptomatic nephropathic cystinosis following the detection of the pathognomonic corneal white crystalline opacities during a routine eye examination.

PURPOSE To report the clinical and molecular features of a distinct form of transforming growth factor-β-induced (TGFBI) gene-linked corneal dystrophy exhibiting a new granular corneal dystrophy type I (CDGG1) phenotype. METHODS A complete ophthalmologic examination was performed in all individuals of a Chinese family in which autosomal dominant transmission of the disease had been observed. ...

BACKGROUND A new type of corneal opacity with prominent corneal nerve fibers as an ocular complication of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (SEDT). CASE A 58-year-old woman, diagnosed with SEDT at 5 years of age, underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. OBSERVATIONS The patient had no complaints and no history of eye disease. No relatives were reported to have suffered from SEDT....

AIMS To evaluate corneal electrolysis as a treatment for recurrent diffuse corneal opacities at the host-graft interface of the stroma or at the subepithelial region in two types of granular corneal dystrophy (GCD). METHODS Recurrence developed at the host-graft interface of the stroma after lamellar keratoplasty in a patient with Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD). At surgery, the deep aspect ...