TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis in a non-contact lens wearer
AU - Hirano, Koji
AU - Sai, Shoken
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999/6
Y1 - 1999/6
N2 - Purpose: To report a case of severe Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis. Methods: A 70-year-old male non-contact lens wearer was examined for severe pain in the left eye which began about 40 days after cataract surgery. In spite of a careful search, it required 6 weeks to detect Acanthamoeba. Systemic and topical fluconazol and miconazol did not help and the keratitis progressed into necrotic sclerokeratitis with protrusion of uveal tissue through the thin sclera. Results: Those findings slowly got worse before the Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis resolved 6 months later with scar formation. Conclusion: We describe the terminal and cicatricial stages of Acanthamoeba keratitis, and report that the healing process can follow the terminal stage and the eye does not need to be enucleated.
AB - Purpose: To report a case of severe Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis. Methods: A 70-year-old male non-contact lens wearer was examined for severe pain in the left eye which began about 40 days after cataract surgery. In spite of a careful search, it required 6 weeks to detect Acanthamoeba. Systemic and topical fluconazol and miconazol did not help and the keratitis progressed into necrotic sclerokeratitis with protrusion of uveal tissue through the thin sclera. Results: Those findings slowly got worse before the Acanthamoeba sclerokeratitis resolved 6 months later with scar formation. Conclusion: We describe the terminal and cicatricial stages of Acanthamoeba keratitis, and report that the healing process can follow the terminal stage and the eye does not need to be enucleated.
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U2 - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770321.x
DO - 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770321.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 10406160
AN - SCOPUS:0033044694
VL - 77
SP - 347
EP - 348
JO - Acta Ophthalmologica
JF - Acta Ophthalmologica
SN - 1755-375X
IS - 3
ER -