MOOREN ULCER AND EVIDENCE OF STROMAL GRAFT-REJECTION AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
MOOREN ULCER AND EVIDENCE OF STROMAL GRAFT-REJECTION AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9394(14)76164-1
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发表时间:
1992-04-15
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
STARK, WJ
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文献类型:
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作者:
GOTTSCH, JD;LIU, SH;STARK, WJ
A Mooren's ulcer developed in a 6-year-old girl after a penetrating keratoplasty for Peters' anomaly. A destructive, circumferential, and centripetal stromal ulceration recurred despite conjunctival resection, corneal gluing, topical and systemic administration of corticosteroids, and repeat graftings. Results of a systemic and a rheumatologic examination were unremarkable. Histopathologic evaluations of donor grafts consistently disclosed a lymphocytic and a plasma cell infiltrate. Indirect immunofluorescent staining using a normal donor cornea substrate was positive at the level of Bowman's membrane and stroma. The patient's lymphocytes were stimulated by a partially purified bovine corneal antigen and a positive antibody titer was found in the patient's sera to the same corneal antigen. These results suggest humoral and cell-mediated immune mechanisms can be involved in the initiation and perpetuation of a stromal rejection process after penetrating keratoplasty.