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Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report

BACKGROUND: Known ocular manifestations of Alport syndrome include features such as anterior lenticonus and fleck retinopathy. Reports of keratoconus in such patients are limited. We report tomographic findings consistent with keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome. CASE SUMMARY: A 52-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Moshirfar, Majid, Skanchy, David F, Gomez, Aaron T, Ronquillo, Yasmyne C, Buckner, Benjamin, Hoopes, Phillip C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6795741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31624748
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i19.3012
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author Moshirfar, Majid
Skanchy, David F
Gomez, Aaron T
Ronquillo, Yasmyne C
Buckner, Benjamin
Hoopes, Phillip C
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description BACKGROUND: Known ocular manifestations of Alport syndrome include features such as anterior lenticonus and fleck retinopathy. Reports of keratoconus in such patients are limited. We report tomographic findings consistent with keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome. CASE SUMMARY: A 52-year-old female was referred to our ophthalmology clinic with decreased vision and increased tearing. She was diagnosed with stage III Alport syndrome two years prior. Upon examination she was found to have average keratometries of 48 D bilaterally with tomographic evidence of keratoconus. CONCLUSION: Although a rare presentation, concurrent Alport syndrome and keratoconus should be considered when reviewing the ocular health of Alport syndrome patients and appropriate management steps should be taken upon the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-67957412019-10-17 Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report Moshirfar, Majid Skanchy, David F Gomez, Aaron T Ronquillo, Yasmyne C Buckner, Benjamin Hoopes, Phillip C World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Known ocular manifestations of Alport syndrome include features such as anterior lenticonus and fleck retinopathy. Reports of keratoconus in such patients are limited. We report tomographic findings consistent with keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome. CASE SUMMARY: A 52-year-old female was referred to our ophthalmology clinic with decreased vision and increased tearing. She was diagnosed with stage III Alport syndrome two years prior. Upon examination she was found to have average keratometries of 48 D bilaterally with tomographic evidence of keratoconus. CONCLUSION: Although a rare presentation, concurrent Alport syndrome and keratoconus should be considered when reviewing the ocular health of Alport syndrome patients and appropriate management steps should be taken upon the diagnosis. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019-10-06 2019-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6795741/ /pubmed/31624748 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i19.3012 Text en ©The Author(s) 2019. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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Moshirfar, Majid
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Gomez, Aaron T
Ronquillo, Yasmyne C
Buckner, Benjamin
Hoopes, Phillip C
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title_full Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report
title_fullStr Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report
title_short Keratoconus in a patient with Alport syndrome: A case report
title_sort keratoconus in a patient with alport syndrome: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6795741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31624748
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i19.3012
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