Temporal keratoconus in a pediatric patient
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023 Purpose: To report a pediatric patient with bilateral temporal keratoconus. Observations: A 14-year-old male presented with a two-year history of progressively worsening visual acuity in both eyes and suspicion for undiagnosed amblyopia in the right eye.
Lyvia J. Zhang +2 more
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Prevention and treatment of the refractive amblyopia in pediatric keratoconus [PDF]
Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas, 2023 Introduction: The diagnosis and management of pediatric keratoconus, establishes a challenge because of the subclinics presentations in initial periods and the specialized ophthalmological attention need to avoid complications as the refractive amblyopia.
Karyna Castro Cárdenas +6 more
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One-year follow-up of accelerated transepithelial corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive pediatric keratoconus [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2018 Background Keratoconus typically presents in the teenage years and is more advanced in younger patients when compared with adults. In the present study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of accelerated transepithelial corneal collagen cross ...
Mi Tian +5 more
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Pediatric Keratoconus: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
International Ophthalmology, 2018 To describe the epidemiology and prevalence, rates of progression, difference between adult and pediatric populations, and therapeutic approaches to pediatric keratoconus from documented literature.A literature search was done on PubMed using key words including pediatric keratoconus, children with keratoconus, adult keratoconus, penetrating ...
Sabrina Mukhtar
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Pediatric keratoconus misdiagnosed as meridional amblyopia [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Ritu Arora, Monica Lohchab
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Prevalence of Subclinical Keratoconus Among Pediatric Egyptian Population With Astigmatism
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2020 Mohamed Karim Sidky, Dina Hosameldin Hassanein, Sherif A Eissa, Yehia M Salah, Nancy M Lotfy Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Mohamed Karim SidkyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of ...
Yehia M Salah +2 more
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Management of pediatric keratoconus - Evolving role of corneal collagen cross-linking: An update
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013 Pediatric keratoconus demonstrates several distinctive management issues in comparison with adult keratoconus with respect to under-diagnosis, poor compliance and modifications in treatment patterns.
Vardhaman P Kankariya +3 more
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Corneal collagen cross-linking at diagnosis in pediatric keratoconus: A prospective study from the Indian Subcontinent [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyPurpose: To assess the one-year visual, refractive, and tomographic outcomes of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) performed at diagnosis in Indian children with keratoconus and to evaluate its safety in eyes with controlled vernal keratoconjunctivitis
Ritu Arora, Parul Jain, Trushaa Garg
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Three-year follow-up in advanced pediatric keratoconus: thin corneas may not have pachymetry properly assessed after crosslinking [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 AIM: To analyze the crosslinking (CXL) effects in pediatric keratoconus, and to identify the patients’ corneal characteristics whose pachymetry could not be adequately evaluated by Scheimpflug method after procedure.
Rosalia Antunes-Foschini +1 more
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Biomechanical and Tomographic Outcomes in Pediatric Keratoconus Treated with Conventional Epithelium-Off Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Pediatric keratoconus may progress rapidly, and treatment decisions are often made before prolonged observation is possible.
Radu-Nicolae Pop +4 more
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