Spontaneous bilateral corneal perforation of acute hydrops in keratoconus

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-41

  Dantas, Paulo Elias C ^a,b   Nishiwaki Dantas, M Cristina ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute hydrops; Corneal perforation.Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYANOACRYLATE; OFLOXACIN; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA PERFORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PAIN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FLOW; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ACUTE DISEASE; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RUPTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CYANOACRYLATES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842590458     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000103173.89427.74     Document Type: Article

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