Monday, January 28, 2008

Corneal transplant examinations

Signs/symptoms of graft rejection
  • redness
  • irritation,
  • light sensitivity
  • FBS
  • blurred vision
  • general inflammatory response (vascular dilation and transudation)
  • cellular infiltration -- sub-epithelial infiltrates ~0.5 mm scattered throughout the donor tissue only (respond to topical steroids)
  • tissue edema
  • stromal rejection -- neovascularization and stromal infiltrates
  • endothelial rejection -- KPs scattered across the endothelium or in a linear form advancing in from the peripheral cornea; causes edema of stroma and epithelium

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