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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Unusual case of globe perforation: the brittle cornea without systemic manifestations.

Shilpa Ajit Joshi, Shalomith Uppapalli, Pranav More, Madan Deshpande

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Brittle cornea syndrome: current perspectives.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Shilpa Ajit JoshiDepartment of Cornea, PBMA's H.V. Desai Eye Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Shalomith UppapalliDepartment of Cornea, H.V. Desai Eye Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Pranav MoreDepartment of Cornea, H.V. Desai Eye Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Madan DeshpandeH.V. Desai Eye Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
PBMA's H.V. Desai Eye Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brittle cornea syndrome is a rare generalised connective tissue disorder with ocular features like keratoglobus or keratoconus, severe corneal thinning and a high risk of perforation. Various authors in different case reports and case series have brought out the fact that brittle cornea is a disorder with characteristic systemic manifestations such as deafness, joint hypermobility, hyperelasticity of skin, kyphoscoliosis and dental abnormalities alongwith ophthalmic features. We report a case of globe perforation following trivial trauma, in an individual with brittle cornea without any extraocular manifestations, posing a challenge in the diagnosis and dilemma in surgical repair of cornea, restoration of globe integrity and visual rehabilitation. The absence of systemic manifestations decreased the index of suspicion and led to a surprise in the theatre-a point this case emphasised.

Indexed as

AdolescentCorneaCorneal PerforationCorneal StromaCorneal TransplantationDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ErrorsEye AbnormalitiesFemaleHumansJoint InstabilitySkin Abnormalities

Identifiers

PMID27758814
PMCPMC5073564
OpenAlexW2529232931

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