A modified Tenons sling annular graft for advanced peripheral ulcerative keratitis with an hourglass cornea
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Date
2022-02
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All India Ophthalmological Society
Abstract
Systemic tuberculosis mostly affects the lungs and ocular involvement is rare. The ocular manifestations are varied, and rarely peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) occurs either due to direct invasion of the microorganism or due to immune reaction. We present a case of advanced PUK in a 28?year?old male patient diagnosed with pulmonary TB in the right eye with hourglass cornea. The ulcer was progressing circumferentially with necrosis of corneal stroma and undermined margins similar to Moorens ulcer, and was not responding to anti?tuberculosis treatment and topical steroids. We describe a modified novel surgical technique using tenons sling annular patch graft to manage the progressive advanced PUK with hourglass cornea to optimize visual and structural outcome in our patient.
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PUK, sling annular patch graft, tenons graft
Citation
Anitha Venugopal, Ghorpade Aditya, Ravindran Meenakshi. A modified Tenons sling annular graft for advanced peripheral ulcerative keratitis with an hourglass cornea. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Feb; 70(2): 655-657