Quantitative evaluation of the early changes in ocular surface inflammation following MMC-aided papillary resection in severe allergic patients with corneal complications.

Background: Atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) and vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) are chronic inflammatory allergic diseases that are associated with some common conjunctival and corneal complications.1 The clinical corneal manifestations of both entities may include superficial punctate keratitis, macroerosions, corneal ulceration, plaque formation, corneal neovascularization, and lipid infiltration.

Purpose: To quantitatively evaluate the early ocular surface inflammation before and after mitomycin C (MMC)-aided papillary resection in severe allergy patients with corneal complications.

Observation of the corneal flap interface with metal particles in a rabbit model.

Purpose: To observe changes, such as diffuse lamellar keratitis, at the corneal interface when metal particles from microkeratome blades were left in rabbit eyes.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Suidobashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Methods: Following the creation of a corneal flap with microkeratome, metal particles from a microkeratome blade were placed at the corneal interface in 14 rabbit eyes.

The effect of antireflection film use on blink rate and asthenopic symptoms during visual display terminal work.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of visual display terminal antireflection (AR) films on blink rate and subjective symptoms of asthenopia.

Methods: This was a nonrandomized, prospective clinical trial in which 7 healthy volunteers underwent blink rate measurements with a blink rate recording system while viewing a DVD on a computer display for 10 minutes. The measurements were carried out without an AR film on terminal displays initially.

Comparison of 0.1% bromfenac sodium and 0.1% pemirolast potassium for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis.

Purpose: We compared the efficacy of a new nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) eye drop, 0.1% bromfenac sodium (Bromfenac), with that of an antiallergic agent, 0.1% pemirolast potassium (Pemirolast), in the treatment of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in Japanese patients.

Dramatic healing of an allergic corneal ulcer persistent for 6 months by amniotic membrane patching in a patient with atopic keratoconjunctivitis: a case report.

Purpose: To present a case of allergic corneal ulcer in a patient with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) that was persistent for 6 months and healed by amniotic membrane patching.

Case Report: A 27-year-old male patient with a corneal ulcer associated with AKC persistent for 6 months despite conventional treatment underwent amniotic membrane patching. On removal of the amniotic membrane patch after 1 week, the corneal ulcer that had been persistent for 6 months had healed completely.

The relation of conjunctival and corneal findings in severe ocular allergies.

Objective: Corneal lesions such as ulcers and erosions are major complications observed in patients with severe ocular allergic diseases. We aimed to look into the relationship between specific clinical conjunctival findings and the severity of corneal complications.

Methods: Thirty eyes of 6 patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and 13 patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) were evaluated in this study.

Kaposi varicelliform eruption associated with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment treatment in atopic blepharitis.

Objective: To report the association of Kaposi varicelliform eruption (KVE) with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment treatment of atopic blepharitis in a patient with atopic dermatitis (AD).

Method: We encountered KVE in a 20-year-old male patient with atopic blepharitis and AD who developed generalized herpetic lesions on his face 28 days after commencement of treatment.