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ArticleDer Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft2021

[Necrotizing scleritis after acanthamoeba keratitis].

Stefan J Lang, Daniel Böhringer, Thomas Reinhard

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Article in Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Oxidative Stress and Redox Imbalance inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. BMJ case reports · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stefan J LangKlinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland. stefan.lang@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Daniel BöhringerKlinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland.
Thomas ReinhardKlinik für Augenheilkunde, Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Killianstr. 5, 79106, Freiburg, Deutschland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nodular scleritis and necrotizing scleritis are rare complications of acanthamoeba keratitis. This article presents the case of a 61-year-old female patient who had suffered from persistent keratitis in the right eye for more than 4 months. The patient was initially treated with propamidine isethionate and polyhexamethylene biguanide eye drops. A penetrating limbo-keratoplasty was performed. Examination of the corneal explant showed acanthamoeba cysts. In the following 5 months the sclera showed recurrent abscesses. A total of two thermal cauterizations and three amniotic membrane grafts were carried out. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sclerokeratitis after acanthamoeba keratitis which was treated with a combination of thermal cauterization and amniotic membrane transplantation. Further studies are necessary to investigate this procedure as an alternative to the established cryotherapy.

Indexed as

AcanthamoebaAcanthamoeba KeratitisScleritisCorneaFemaleHumansKeratoplasty, PenetratingMiddle AgedAcanthamoebaAmniotic membrane transplantationKeratitisNecrotizing scleritisThermal cauterization

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PMID32162088
PMCPMC7808987

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