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Atopic keratoconjunctivitis: A diagnostic dilemma-a case report. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore), 2018
Atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) remains a difficult diagnosis despite advances in imaging technologies. This is a case study of the diagnostic and treatment course for a patient with AKC.A 15-year-old male complained of progressively increasing pain, redness, watering and blurred vision in the right eye.
Li A, Li S, Ruan F, Jie Y.
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Emerging concepts in atopic dermatitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis. [PDF]

Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol
Purpose of review Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease involving Th2 cytokine-driven inflammation. AD patients are at risk of developing conjunctivitis, including atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), a sight-threatening chronic allergic eye disease involving both Th2 and Th1/17 cytokine-driven ...
Jafari K, Calder VL.
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Irreversible Bilateral Cicatricial Keratoconjunctivitis after Dupilumab Therapy

Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2022
This report highlights a case of irreversible bilateral cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis related to dupilumab therapy for the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis (AD).
Minh T. Nguyen, Mai Tsukikawa, Whitney Lomazow, Michele Lee   +3 more
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Current Knowledge in Allergic Conjunctivitis

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2021
Allergic conjunctivitis is a disease of increasing prevalence that affects both children and adults and causes significant deterioration of their quality of life and sometimes irreversible visual damage.
Beatriz Vidal Villegas, Jose Manuel Benitez-del-Castillo   +1 more
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IL-33-induced keratoconjunctivitis is mediated by group 2 innate lymphoid cells in mice

Allergology International, 2023
Background: Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is involved in type 2 innate immunity by inducing type 2 cytokines, such as IL-5 and IL-13, through the activation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) or T helper 2 (Th2) cells.
Yuka Hosotani, Koubun Yasuda, Makoto Nagai, Kiyofumi Yamanishi, Nobuo Kanazawa, Fumi Gomi, Yasutomo Imai   +6 more
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Severe Eczema Herpeticum With Ocular Involvement Leading to Orbital Cellulitis: A Pediatric Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Dermatol Med
Eczema herpeticum (EH) is a superimposed cutaneous viral infection that occurs in the context of preexisting dermatoses, most commonly atopic dermatitis (AD). It typically involves the face, neck, and upper trunk. Although ocular involvement is relatively uncommon, it may present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and pose a significant risk to ...
Chew CH, Shahidatul-Adha M, Abdul-Salim I, Ang EL.   +3 more
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Role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs/Alarmins) in Severe Ocular Allergic Diseases

Cells, 2022
Severe ocular allergic diseases, such as atopic keratoconjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis, cause severe allergic inflammation in the conjunctiva and corneal epithelial damage, resulting in visual disturbances. The involvement of damage (danger)
Ken Fukuda, Waka Ishida, Tatsuma Kishimoto, Isana Nakajima, Yusaku Miura, Tamaki Sumi, Kenji Yamashiro   +6 more
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Topical cyclosporine for atopic keratoconjunctivitis. [PDF]

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2012
Atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) is a chronic ocular surface non-infectious inflammatory condition that atopic dermatitis patients may suffer at any time point in the course of their dermatologic disease and is independent of its degree of severity. AKC is usually not self resolving and it poses a higher risk of corneal injuries and severe sequelae ...
González-López JJ, López-Alcalde J, Morcillo Laiz R, Fernández Buenaga R, Rebolleda Fernández G.   +4 more
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Case Report of Restoration of the Corneal Epithelium in a Patient with Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis Resulting in Amelioration of Ocular Allergic Inflammation

Allergology International, 2010
: Background: Atopic and vernal keratoconjunctivitis are severe types of ocular allergic disease characterized not only by conjunctival inflammation but also by corneal involvement.
Ken Fukuda, Naoyuki Yamada, Teruo Nishida   +2 more
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Grossly Asymmetrical Refractory Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Treated with Supratarsal Triamcinolone Injection and Bandage Contact Lens: A Case Series of Three Young Male Patients [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic conjunctival inflammatory condition predisposed to atopic disease. It usually starts before the age of ten years and affects individuals in warm climates. It generally resolves after puberty.
Pallavi Dhawan, Atul Dhawan
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