Pellucid marginal degeneration and bilateral corneal perforation: Case report and review of the literature

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Lee, William Barry ^a   O'Halloran, Henry S ^a   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^b  

^a PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal perforation; Hydrops; Keratoplasty; Pellucid marginal degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; GATIFLOXACIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA STROMA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIPHORA; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GRAM STAINING; HARD CONTACT LENS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRIS; KERATOMETRY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEAL DEGENERATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STRIA; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149134861     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318164771b     Document Type: Article

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