PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and safety of a manual microkeratome and an artificial anterior chamber for lamellar keratoplasty (ALTK® system). METHODS: Twenty-one eyes with superficial corneal opacities ...

The purpose of this paper is to warn the ophthalmologist about the possibility of facing rare cases of corneal dystrophies. Clinical findings of a case of posterior amorphous dystrophy were correlated with refraction, ...

Fabry disease is an X-linked disease of glycosphingolipid (GL) metabolism. The accumulation of GL in tissues can affect multiple organ systems. Initial symptoms includes episodes of severe pain in the extremities, cornea ...

Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a prevalência e gravidade das complicações oculares em pacientes com mucopolissacaridoses (MPS). Métodos: Vinte e nove pacientes com diagnóstico de mucopolissacaridoses foram ...

Stromal cornea tattooing has been used for esthetic treatment of corneal scars as leukoma and iris coloboma. The coloring agent can be applied through stromal micropuncture or associated with lamellar keratectomy or ...

PURPOSES: To describe corneal changes seen on in vivo confocal microscopy in patients with total limbal stem cell deficiency and to correlate them with cytological findings. METHODS: A prospective case series including 13 ...

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility, efficacy and safety of a manual microkeratome and an artificial anterior chamber for lamellar keratoplasty (the ALTK® system). Methods: twenty one eyes with superficial corneal opacities ...

Purpose: To report two cases of bilateral cornea plana with high hypermetropia. Case report: Two members of the same family showed se-vere corneal flattening, limbal scleralization. The sha-lowness of the anterior chamber, ...

Purpose: To describe corneal findings not related to eyelid involvement after trachoma. Methods: Complete ocular evaluation was performed in 7 patients from the Cornea and External Diseases Clinics of the Escola Paulista ...