ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2021
Treatment of Mooren's ulcer coexisting with a pterygium using an intrastromal lenticule obtained from small-incision lenticule extraction: case report and literature review.
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- Mooren's ulcer: a multifactorial autoimmune peripheral ulcerative keratitis and current treatment protocols.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- A novel sandwich technique of minimally invasive surgery for corneal perforation.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Transparent intrastromal corneal lenticule obtained from SMILE surgery as a free graft for the treatment of primary pterygium: A pilot study.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2023Article
- Allogenic Lenticular Implantation for Correction of Refractive Error and Ectasia: Narrative Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Review
- Treatment of corneal dermoid with lenticules from small incision lenticule extraction surgery: a surgery assisted by fibrin glue.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Update of Research Progress on Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Lenticule Reuse.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
The coexistence of Mooren's ulcer and a pterygium is an extremely rare ocular condition that has been infrequently reported in the literature to date. We herein present the first case of treatment of Mooren's ulcer coexisting with a pterygium using a lenticule obtained by myopic small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). A 61-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of recurrent ocular pain and red eye caused by Mooren's ulcer coexisting with a pterygium. She received topical immunosuppressive and anti-infection treatments for almost 3 months. However, her ocular symptoms and signs did not substantially improve. Therefore, we performed lamellar keratoplasty with a corneal lenticule obtained by SMILE, followed by pterygium excision combined with conjunctival autografting. The patient recovered well with no complications or recurrence 1 year postoperatively. Our success suggests that combined surgery may be an effective management for coexistence of Mooren's ulcer and a pterygium if conservative treatments fail. A corneal lenticule obtained by SMILE can be used as the lamellar keratoplasty graft in such patients.
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