Keratolimbal autograft transplantation as a possible new treatment of Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy.

Authors :: Celis Sánchez J
Mesa Varona DV
Avendaño Cantos E
López-Romero Moraleda S
Cebrian Rosado E
González Del Valle F
Source :: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia [Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol] 2016 Jul; Vol. 91 (7), pp. 333-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 28.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Case Report: The case concerns 64-year-old woman with visual acuity of 20/40 in the right eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed a grey, feathery corneal opacification with intraepithelial microcysts compatible with Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy (LECD). It was treated with epithelial debridements, contact lenses and mitomycin C, but the opacification recurred within months. The removal of limbus sector and autologous limbal transplantation (KLAT) were used successfully without recurrence.<br />Conclusions: After removal of damaged limbus, KLAT should be considered as a treatment option for asymmetric LECD when other treatments have failed.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Contact Lenses
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary drug therapy
Debridement
Female
Humans
Limbus Corneae surgery
Middle Aged
Mitomycin therapeutic use
Recurrence
Transplantation, Autologous
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary surgery
Corneal Transplantation methods

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