Ceratoconjuntivite alérgica e complicações no segmento ocular anterior de pacientes
PURPOSE: To evaluate complications of allergic keratoconjuctivitis that caused reduction in visual acuity to 0.6 or less and that could not solve with clinic treatment. METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively 186 charts and selected patients with visual acuity less than 0.6 on Snellen chart, associated...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/1585 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492003000100005 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/1585 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Conjunctivitis, allergic anterior eye segment Conjuntivite primaveril Segmento anterior do olho |
| Sumario: | PURPOSE: To evaluate complications of allergic keratoconjuctivitis that caused reduction in visual acuity to 0.6 or less and that could not solve with clinic treatment. METHODS: We analyzed retrospectively 186 charts and selected patients with visual acuity less than 0.6 on Snellen chart, associated with secondary anterior segment alterations. Data collected from the charts were: age, gender, kind of allergy, time of disease, time that complication appeared after treatment in our Service, side effects and ocular complications. RESULTS: Complications of anterior segment that caused reduction in visual acuity were: shield ulcers, 5 cases; cataract, 3 cases; corneal opacity, 6 cases; ocular perforation, 2 cases and keratoconus 13 cases. There were 7 surgeries: 2 tectonic penetrating keratoplasty, 4 optic keratoplasty, 4 optic penetrating keratoplasty and one superficial keratectomy. CONCLUSION: Patients with allergic keratoconjunctivitis should be treated in order to prevent ocular complications like keratitis, keratoconus, opacities and cataract. |
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