Treatment of Total Symblepharon Using Vaginal Mucosa.
- Author:
Kyung Jik LIM
1
;
Yoon Duck KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Symblepharon;
Vaginal mucosa;
Mucous membrane graft
- MeSH:
Cilia;
Cornea;
Corneal Opacity;
Entropion;
Female;
Fingers;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Mouth Mucosa;
Mucous Membrane*;
Pemphigoid, Bullous;
Recurrence;
Seoul;
Transplants;
Trichiasis;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1993;34(5):452-456
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 51-year-old female patient who has had pemphigoid since 110 years ago visited Seoul National University Hospital with the chief complaint of ocular pain and bilateral cilia touching the cornea. Her visual acuity was light sense in the right eye and finger count/1Ocm in the left eye. She had bilateral severe trichiasis, entropion, corneal opacity and total symblepharon. Bilateral symblepharon lysis and mucous membrane graft with buccal mucosa was done Left side was successful, but in the right side, there was hyperplastic proliferation of the grafted buccal mucosa and recurrence of the symblepharon. We performed symblepharon lysis and mucous membrane graft using vaginal mucosa in the right eye. Grafted vaginal mucosa looked healthy and no recurrence of symblepharon ocurred during the follow-up period of 1 year. We would like to suggest that if there is no available oral mucosa, mucous membrane graft can be done with vaginal mucosa in female patient.
