BACKGROUND A pterygium is a fibro-vascular, wing shaped encroachment of the conjunctiva on to the cornea. The prevalence rates ranges from 0.7 to 31% among different populations and also influenced by age, race, and exposure to solar radiations. Ultraviolet light-induced damage to the limbal stem cell barrier with subsequent conjunctivalisation of the cornea is the currently accepted aetiology ...

PURPOSE To study the feasibility of engineering conjunctival epithelial cell sheets on a temperature-responsive culture dish for ocular surface reconstruction. METHODS Rabbit conjunctival epithelial cells (rCjECs) were cultured in DMEM/F-12 (1:1) medium. The morphology and phenotype of the rCjECs were confirmed with phalloidin staining, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining, and immunocytochemi...

The conjunctiva can be damaged by numerous diseases with scarring, loss of tissue and dysfunction. Depending on extent damage, restoration function may require a conjunctival graft. A wide variety biological synthetic substrates have been tested in the search for optimal conditions ex vivo culture epithelial cells as route toward grafts. Each substrate has specific advantages but also disadvant...

In this retrospective study of 166 patients with Pterygium, it was more predominant in males (66.9%) and 31-40 years age group (69.9%). Irritation the most common symptom (29.5%), while 13.8% were asymptomatic. Seventy four (44.6%) armed forces personnel rest civilian A total 248 pterygia (146 mild, 94 moderate 8 advanced) noted study. Standard procedure excision growth bare sclera technique pe...

PURPOSE To determine whether topical tacrolimus might prove effective in the treatment of refractory anterior segment inflammatory diseases, and to evaluate its efficacy in eyes with ocular graft versus host disease (GVHD), and vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). METHODS Twenty-eight eyes of 14 patients with anterior segment inflammation refractory to steroid treatment were treated with 0.03% ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS During the healing of corneal epithelial wounds with limbal involvement, conjunctival epithelium often migrates across the denuded limbus to cover the corneal surface. It is believed that, over a period of time, conjunctival epithelium covering the cornea assumes characteristics of corneal epithelium by a process referred to as conjunctival transdifferentiation. The purpose of t...

purpose : to report clinical and pathologic result of a young patient with isolated cavernous hemangioma of conjunctiva case report : a 26-year-old man who presented with smooth, red, lobular surface mass was seen in the bulbar conjunctiva in temporal side with engorged episcleral and conjunctival vessels around the lesion. excisional biopsy was performed. pathologist confirmed the diagnosis of...