Mustard Gas Keratitis

lamellar keratoplasty for management of mustard gas keratitis

purpose: to report the outcomes of manual lamellar keratoplasty (lkp) in patients with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis (mgk) and compare visual outcomes between subgroups with simultaneous or sequential klal and lkp. methods: in this retrospective, interventional study, 52 eyes of 37 male survivors of chemical warfare with mgk who underwent lkp were included. the results were evaluated with...

Long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty in chronic and delayed mustard gas keratitis.

PURPOSE To report the long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in war victims with chronic and delayed mustard gas keratitis. METHODS This noncomparative interventional case series includes patients with advanced chronic or delayed mustard gas keratitis who had undergone PKP from 1989 to 2006. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), graft clarity, episodes of graft rejection, duratio...

Delayed mustard gas keratitis: clinical course and in vivo confocal microscopy findings.

PURPOSE To report the detailed clinical and in vivo confocal microscopic findings in a patient with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis observed 20 years after initial exposure. METHODS A 38-year-old man who was exposed to mustard gas in Iraq at the age of 19 years was examined after presenting with ocular symptoms 17 years after initial recovery from the exposure. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, co...

A Case of Mustard Gas Keratitis under Constant Observation for a Period of Twenty Years.

impossible the proper filtering action of this part of the cornea. One of us has observed this remarkable clinical picture once only. We are convinced other less obvious cases have been over-looked. In -the future we shall be on the look out for cases of this type, and now that attention has bEen drawn to it, perhaps others wvill report similar cases. A suggested name for this affection might b...

A Study of Eighty-four Cases of Delayed Mustard Gas Keratitis Fitted with Contact Lenses.