Conjunctival Hypertrophic Scar Following Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity.
- Author:
In Jeong LYU
1
;
Ho Seok SA
;
Kyung In WOO
;
Yoon Duck KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Cicatrix; Cryotherapy; Hypertrophic; Retinopathy of prematurity; Symblepharon
- MeSH: Biopsy; Child; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic/diagnosis/*etiology; Conjunctiva/pathology; Conjunctival Diseases/diagnosis/*etiology; Cryotherapy/*adverse effects; Diagnosis, Differential; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Retinopathy of Prematurity/*therapy
- From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2013;27(1):55-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 6-year-old boy was referred to our hospital with symblepharon and lateral canthal deformity in both eyes, which developed 6 years ago. The patient was born at 27 weeks gestation. He had received cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity. One month after cryotherapy, he developed a conjunctival scar with symblepharon in both eyes and underwent symblepharon lysis at another hospital 5 years prior. Ocular examination revealed an extensive conjunctival hypertrophic scar with symblepharon and limitation of extraocular movements. An excisional biopsy, lateral canthoplasty, and symblepharon lysis with conjunctival autograft from the contralateral eye were performed in the left eye. Histopathologic examination revealed diffuse proliferation and infiltration of collagenous tissue.
