Pterygium after hyperopic laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK).
Clin Exp Optom
; 96(3): 336-8, 2013 May.
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ABSTRACT
A 61-year-old Caucasian woman with hyperopia presented for laser refractive surgery. She had healthy eyes with the exception of a less than 0.5 mm Salzmann's nodule at 5 o'clock near the limbus of the right eye. She underwent bilateral hyperopic laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) combined with removal of the Salzmann's nodule. At six months, she was emmetropic with unaided vision of 6/6; however, at 10 months, she noticed a reduction of acuity in her right eye and was found to have a pterygium at 5 o'clock, encroaching 3.5 mm onto the corneal surface. She underwent excision biopsy, local application of mitomycin-C (0.2 mg/ml for two minutes) and conjunctival auto-grafting. Following surgery for the pterygium, vision returned to 6/6 unaided but six months later, there was limited recurrence (1.5 mm) of the pterygium reducing unaided vision to 6/9, due to the induction of astigmatism of -1.25 dioptres. This has remained stable for 14 months. Pterygium growth may be associated with surface excimer laser surgery and the presence of peripheral Salzmann's nodules might be a risk factor.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pterigion
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Queratectomía Subepitelial Asistida por Láser
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Exp Optom
Asunto de la revista:
OPTOMETRIA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido