Bilateral corneal perforation caused by neurotrophic keratopathy associated with leprosy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Neurotrophic keratopathy (NK) is a rare degenerative corneal disease caused by damage to the trigeminal nerve. We hereby describe a severe case with bilateral corneal perforation due to leprosy (Hansen’s disease)-associated NK. CASE PRESENTATION: An 89-year-old man with a history of lepr...

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Autores principales: Iraha, Satoshi, Kondo, Shoko, Yamaguchi, Takefumi, Inoue, Toshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35093062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02265-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35093062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02265-6

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