Corneal adherent leukoma associated with measles

[Corneal lamelar transplantation associated with stromal tattooing for leukoma treatment: case report].

Stromal cornea tattooing has been used for esthetic treatment of corneal scars as leukoma and iris coloboma. The coloring agent can be applied through stromal micropuncture or associated with lamellar keratectomy or keratoplasty. We report a case of stromal tattooing associated with lamellar keratectomy in a patient's eye that had extensive leukoma and irregular corneal surface. Visual acuity i...

Corneal ulceration following measles in Nigerian children.

Acute corneal ulceration in malnourished children is the commonest cause of childhood blindness in Northern Nigeria and usually develops after measles. Other severe diseases in malnourished children rarely precipitate corneal ulceration. A survey in a school for blind children showed that 69% of the children were blind from corneal disease, and a survey of children with corneal scars showed tha...

Use of Alloplant Biomaterial in Layer-by-layer Barrier Keratoplasty of Vascular Corneal Leukoma

bilateral congenital protruding corneal leukoma with marked edema: an atypical peters’ anomaly

purpose: congenital corneal leukoma is rare with an incidence of 6/100000 and is one of the most important causes of amblyopia. here we report an unusual case of bilateral congenital elevated corneal leukoma. methods: we encountered a 13-day-old full term male newborn. ocular examination of both eyes revealed central elevated corneal leukomas with a narrow normal lucid interval to limbus. corne...

Corneal deposits associated with flecainide.

1989 (T= 3 83, p<<0 001). The numbers of partners in the month before interview also significantly increased from a mean of 2-1 (median 1) to 2-2 (1) (T=2-03, p<OO5). More importantly from the point of view of HIV transmission the mean number of penetrative sexual partners in the previous year rose from 2-2 (median 1) to 2 5 (1) and in the previous month from 0 5 (0) to 0-6 (0), though neither ...