Xerophthalmia in Rwandan refugees.

Xerophthalmia in Rwandan refugees.

Corneal xerophthalmia and keratomalacia.

Detailed examinations were conducted on 162 consecutive children with nutritional keratopathy. Surface changes ranged from mild haziness through generalized xerosis and formation of thickened keratinized plaques. Diffuse stromal edema occured early in the disease. Stromal loss took two forms: relatively small, sharply demarcated, eccentric, noninfiltrated cylindrical ulcers of varying depth; an...

Alagille Syndrome Associated with Xerophthalmia

PURPOSE To report the occurrence of xerophthalmia and keratomalacia in a patient with Alagille syndrome. METHODS The patient's record and relevant literature were reviewed. RESULTS A 3-year-old boy with Alagille syndrome was examined at our institution due to severe bilateral ocular irritation. A corneal ulcer and keratomalacia were found in the right eye and severe dryness with corneal opa...

Xerophthalmia in the presence of kwashiorkor.

The patient with xerophthalmia is usually found in the polyclinic or during a more-orless superficial school or village inspection. He is a child, and as he comes from an environment unaccustomed to serious medical care, it it often difficult to make the parents understand the gravity of the condition and obtain their consent for his admission to hospital. The patients with xerophthalmia descri...

Xerophthalmia and protein malnutrition in Bantu children.

XEROPHTHALMIA and malnutrition are worldwide problems, and their relationships to each other are of special interest. It is the purpose of this paper to show that: (1) Xerophthalmia occurs not uncommonly in the Republic of South Africa. Previous reports of xerophthalmia in the Republic of South Africa are few. Kark (1943) and Klenerman (1950) stated that xerophthalmia infrequently accompanies p...