A Case of Epithelial Downgrowth as a Complication of Penetrating Keratoplasty.
- Author:
Jae Ho KIM
1
;
Duck Kyun YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Anterior Chamber;
Cicatrix;
Corneal Transplantation;
Glaucoma;
Humans;
Iris;
Keratoplasty, Penetrating*;
Prolapse;
Transplants;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1978;19(1):75-79
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Authors have experienced a case (aged 24, female) of epithelial downgrowth following partial penetrating keratoplasty. Clinically, this patient was received 7mm penetrating keratoplasty due to herpetic corneal Scar of right eye. After keratoplasty, iris prolapse through the wound dehiscence was occurred and then it was closed immediately with resection of prolapsed iris tissue. But, thereafter, the graft showed haziness which is suspected as a immune reaction and eventually the graft became irreversible opaque. A cosmetic epikeratoprosthesis waS attached on the opaque eye. But intractable secondary glaucoma was not controlled by medications. Finally the illed eye was enucleated and was confirmed histopathologically the main cause of graft failure which was presumed due to epithelial downgrowth into the anterior chamber.
