Severe corneal involvement secondary to congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
; 261(5): 1451-1457, 2023 May.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The study aims to examine an incidence and risk factors of severe corneal involvement in patients with congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon.METHODS:
This retrospective, observational study included 509 patients (933 eyes) with congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon. Data on age, sex, affected side, past history, past surgery, presence or absence of concomitant periocular/ocular diseases, body height and weight, astigmatic power, and corneal involvement were collected. Severe corneal involvement included corneal scarring, vascularization, and perforation.RESULTS:
Severe corneal involvement was found in 30 patients (5.9%) (34 eyes, 3.6%). Corneal scarring and perforation with scarring were shown in 29 patients (33 eyes) and 1 patient (1 eye), respectively. Nine patients (12 eyes) demonstrated concomitant corneal vascularization with corneal scarring. Logistic regression analysis showed that body mass index had an odds ratio of 1.057 (P = 0.078). Age and sex did not affect occurrence of severe corneal involvement (P > 0.050).CONCLUSIONS:
In this study, 5.9% of patients showed severe corneal involvement in congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon. Logistic regression analysis indicates that a high body mass index was a possible risk factor of severe corneal involvement caused by congenital lower eyelid epiblepharon.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Eyelid Diseases
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
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