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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Main Authors:	Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/1/12._logeswary_et_al.pdf

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spelling	ukm-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
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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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author	Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin,
spellingShingle	Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin, Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration
author_facet	Logeswary K, Jemaima Che-Hamzah, Aida Zairani Mohd. Zahidin,
author_sort	Logeswary K,
title	Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration
title_short	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_sort	large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration
publisher	Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12273/1/12._logeswary_et_al.pdf
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Large leaking descemetocele presenting as a traumatic corneal laceration

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