Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl

PURPOSE: 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. CASE REPORT: A seven-year-old girl with VKC and as...

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Autores principales: Panahi-Bazaz, Mahmoud-Reza, Sharifipour, Farideh, Moghaddasi, Alireza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ophthalmic Research Center 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982739
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author Panahi-Bazaz, Mahmoud-Reza
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description PURPOSE: 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. CASE REPORT: A seven-year-old girl with VKC and asymmetric keratoconus developed corneal hydrops due to habitual eye rubbing. Corneal edema subsided within 16 weeks in her right eye and 9 weeks in the left eye with subsequent corneal scarring. CONCLUSION: Continuous mechanical trauma, such as eye rubbing, plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of keratoconus and subsequent hydrops even in childhood.
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spelling pubmed-40744812014-06-30 Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl Panahi-Bazaz, Mahmoud-Reza Sharifipour, Farideh Moghaddasi, Alireza J Ophthalmic Vis Res Case Report PURPOSE: 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. CASE REPORT: A seven-year-old girl with VKC and asymmetric keratoconus developed corneal hydrops due to habitual eye rubbing. Corneal edema subsided within 16 weeks in her right eye and 9 weeks in the left eye with subsequent corneal scarring. CONCLUSION: Continuous mechanical trauma, such as eye rubbing, plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of keratoconus and subsequent hydrops even in childhood. Ophthalmic Research Center 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4074481/ /pubmed/24982739 Text en © 2014 Ophthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl
title_full Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl
title_fullStr Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl
title_short Bilateral Keratoconus and Corneal Hydrops Associated with Eye Rubbing in a 7-year-old Girl
title_sort bilateral keratoconus and corneal hydrops associated with eye rubbing in a 7-year-old girl
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24982739
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