A temporary corneal ectasia following airbag trauma

PURPOSE: To report a case of a temporary corneal ectasia induced by airbag trauma. OBSERVATIONS: A patient who suffered a road traffic accident with deployment of the frontal airbag and presented a corneal ectasia in both eyes after 3 months, without changes in visual acuity. After 9 months, he pres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Marta, Ana, Abreu, Ana Carolina, Monteiro, Sílvia, Pinto, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100822
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To report a case of a temporary corneal ectasia induced by airbag trauma. OBSERVATIONS: A patient who suffered a road traffic accident with deployment of the frontal airbag and presented a corneal ectasia in both eyes after 3 months, without changes in visual acuity. After 9 months, he presented a significantly improvement, achieving his basal parameters in pentacam. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: This is a rare case of corneal ectasia induced by airbag trauma that spontaneously reverted and it can emphasize the viscoelastic properties of the human cornea.

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