Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration
A 47-year-old healthy Indonesian gentleman, presented with blurring of vision on the left eye associated with pain and redness after history of foreign body entering the eye. A general practitioner prescribed him some eye drops; however, his symptoms worsened. A corneal laceration wound measuring 0....
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| description | A 47-year-old healthy Indonesian gentleman, presented with blurring of vision on the left eye associated with pain and redness after history of foreign body entering the eye. A general practitioner prescribed him some eye drops; however, his symptoms worsened. A corneal laceration wound measuring 0.5 x 3.5mm with a large stromal abscess measuring 9.0 x 5.0mm with flat anterior chamber was seen on the left eye. Emergency corneal T&S revealed a large descemetocele and cyanoacrylate corneal glue was applied on the area. C&S showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Patient was subsequently undergone penetrating keratoplasty as a definitive measure. This case highlights the rapid progression of pseudomonas keratitis, presented with a large descemetocele, which can be mistaken as an infected corneal laceration wound. Corneal cyanoacrylate glueing together with corneal suturing is a viable temporary method for large descemetoceles awaiting definitive surgery. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:122732018-11-02T21:42:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin, A 47-year-old healthy Indonesian gentleman, presented with blurring of vision on the left eye associated with pain and redness after history of foreign body entering the eye. A general practitioner prescribed him some eye drops; however, his symptoms worsened. A corneal laceration wound measuring 0.5 x 3.5mm with a large stromal abscess measuring 9.0 x 5.0mm with flat anterior chamber was seen on the left eye. Emergency corneal T&S revealed a large descemetocele and cyanoacrylate corneal glue was applied on the area. C&S showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Patient was subsequently undergone penetrating keratoplasty as a definitive measure. This case highlights the rapid progression of pseudomonas keratitis, presented with a large descemetocele, which can be mistaken as an infected corneal laceration wound. Corneal cyanoacrylate glueing together with corneal suturing is a viable temporary method for large descemetoceles awaiting definitive surgery. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/1/12._logeswary_et_al.pdf Logeswary K, and Jemaima Che-Hamzah, and Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin, (2017) Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration. Journal of Surgical Academia, 7 (1). pp. 59-61. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc/7/1 |
| spellingShingle | Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin, Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title | Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title_full | Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title_fullStr | Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title_short | Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| title_sort | large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/1/12._logeswary_et_al.pdf |