Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

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Volume 29 (9) * September 1998 * Case Reports (abstract)

Corneal Marginal Ulcer in Relapsing Polychondritis:
Treatment With Keratoepithelioplasty

Takuji Kato, MD; Tatsuo Yamaguchi, MD; Teruhiko Hamanaka, MD; Atsushi Kanai, MD

ABSTRACT

This article describes a case of corneal marginal ulcer caused by relapsing polychondritis (RPC) that was treated with keratoepithelioplasty. The patient underwent keratoepithelioplasty with lamellar keratoplasty in the left eye. No relapse occurred in the nasal side in which corneal lenticules were grafted, whereas vascular invasion developed in the temporal side in which no lenticules were grafted. Kerato-epithelioplasty was an effective surgical procedure to prevent a recurrence of corneal marginal ulcer in a patient with RPC. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1998;29:767–769.]

AUTHORS

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University (TK, AK), the St. Luke’s International Hospital (TY), and the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (TH), Tokyo, Japan.

Accepted for publication May 14, 1998.

Request reprints from Takuji Kato, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 153, Japan.