Epikeratoplasty for keratoglobus associated with blue sclera

Ophthalmology. 1991 Apr;98(4):446-52. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(91)32271-1.

Abstract

Patients with keratoglobus and blue sclera as part of a generalized connective tissue disorder are at a high risk of developing corneal perforations either spontaneously or after mild trauma. Six patients (6 eyes) between the ages of 2 and 16 years of age (mean, 7.5 years) with keratoglobus, blue sclera, hypermobile joints, and consanguineous parents were treated by epikeratoplasty, using commercially prepared 12.5-mm lenticules. Surgery was performed for tectonic support and/or visual improvement and was successful in five of six patients with a follow-up period of 11 to 27 months (mean, 21 months). One lenticule was removed because the epithelium did not heal. Peripheral interface opacities occurred in three patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / pathology
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / surgery
  • Corneal Diseases / pathology
  • Corneal Diseases / surgery*
  • Corneal Transplantation*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Scleral Diseases / pathology
  • Scleral Diseases / surgery*
  • Syndrome
  • Visual Acuity