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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Autores principales: Marta, Ana, Abreu, Ana Carolina, Monteiro, Sílvia, Pinto, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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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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Abreu, Ana Carolina
Monteiro, Sílvia
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description 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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spelling pubmed-73501382020-07-14 A temporary corneal ectasia following airbag trauma Marta, Ana Abreu, Ana Carolina Monteiro, Sílvia Pinto, Maria Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2020-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7350138/ /pubmed/32671289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100822 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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