Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Computerized videokeratography (CVKG) and specular microscopy were performed preoperatively. The patient underwent regrafting, and the excised corneal button was examined by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS: Analysis of CVKG showed a keratoconus-like pattern on the right eye, with the left eye demonstrating the aspects usually seen in keratoglobus. Histologic examination revealed the features usually observed in progressed keratoconus. CONCLUSION: Recurrence of keratoconus in a graft has not yet been described after such a short time until now. A "true" recurrence of the disease is postulated; it could be caused by an "aggressive" genetic factor that also leads to the frequent KC in patients with LCA. This mechanism also could explain the high incidence and rapid progress of KC in this disease.
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Authors | J Stoiber, W H Muss, J Ruckhofer, H Thaller-Antlanger, E Alzner, G Grabner |
Journal | Cornea
(Cornea)
Vol. 19
Issue 3
Pg. 395-8
(May 2000)
ISSN: 0277-3740 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10832707
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Blindness
(congenital)
- Cornea
(pathology)
- Corneal Topography
- Humans
- Keratoconus
(etiology, pathology, surgery)
- Keratoplasty, Penetrating
(pathology)
- Male
- Recurrence
- Reoperation
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